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Hey all

Went for a run in my gtr last nite, pulled into the servo and could hear an exhaust leak, so when i got home from work 2day i pull her out of the shed while cold and started it up. Started feeling all around the cat, than opened the bonnet and flet around the rear turbo and rear turbo dump pipe as that was all i could reach. but it didnt sound like it was coming from the engine bay, so i got a torch and started looking round under the car as much as i could before i put it up on my hoist. I wanted to find the leak and buy the gasket b4 i pushed my old mans project car off the hoist and screwed around lifting it up.

Prob is the leak was coming from this thing, never seen one before on a front pipe. But sayin that this is my first turbo car so i dont really no. It dosent have massive holes in it, but it has prob 2-3 3x3mm holes as far as i can see with the car on the ground. My question is what is it? is it like a front cat or somthing? Can i take my front pipe off and just get a pipe welded in there instead? or is there any other way to fix it?

thanks all

ps dont mind the red silicone, forgot to wipe it off, the other day when i put it on my gearbox oil plug after a oil change. :P

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I see seems pritty simple when u put it that way, Do they always have a slight leak or is my one just getting old? To fix it ill prob hav to buy a new front pipe. or can i just get some flex pipe welded in?

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just get a pipe welded

there are plenty of solid ones going around that are worth big bucks

i have one running with zero dramas

make sure they evacuate the pipes before welding orelse there will be left over welds on the inside of the pipe

alternativly ones from ebay are like $250, upto you if yours are worth repairing

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my one is BeeR i pritty sure from the lil plate under it. I cant believe its leaking from there. I under stand were nismoid is coming from but, when the engine twists up, it will want to twist the exhaust, maybe thats why its worn out. Sucks ; (

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I see seems pritty simple when u put it that way, Do they always have a slight leak or is my one just getting old? To fix it ill prob hav to buy a new front pipe. or can i just get some flex pipe welded in?

any exhaust place should be able to weld a new flex in for you pretty easily mate

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Have had plenty of flexis f**k up and fail on high-power FWDs in the past .. they leak and stuff all too easily ... (tho in that situation for me often seems to have pointed to f**ked engine mount that's caused it) .. Easy fix for exhaust place tho to weld a new one in.

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yea im guessing thats where the prob started. the car had new engine mounts put in just b4 i brought it, 2 months ago. so that would have been wearing it even more. ill just pull the fron pipe off over the weekend. All i gotta do is find a decent Exhaust shop that i no will do a good job on it.

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Taking the front pipe off and fixing the flex pipe whenever it breaks (which would be really rare) is much less stressful than replacing broken turbo/manifold studs and bolts and turbo gaskets with a front pipe with no flex-pipe (Trust MX comes to mind).

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yea thats what i plan to do. Just dont want to take it to some dodgy exhaust shop and they weld it up all shitty. or with the bit that bolts to the turbo on the wrong angle or anything u no. its a BeeR front pipe there worth about 700bucks im prit sure.

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dude, it's pretty easy. just take it to your local exhaust place. they will cut out the current flex and weld in a new one. it's not rocket science. and being that it's only one side of a twin front pipe the flex joint is not even that large so it shouldn't be too pricey.

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