Member Since: 25 Jan 2012
Location: Manchester
Posts: 99
Exhaust cross over pipe
I had a blowing noise start recently and black smoke on acceleration. On investigating I found the exhaust cross over pipe had split on the flexi pipe.
I have been told that a new pipe is around £600!!! I cant find anyone who is making a pattern one, has anyone else had this pipe split? Mine is a 54 plate diesel HSE disco3. I think £600 for a couple of feet of mild steel a little hard to swallow!
28th Jun 2014 2:17 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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I believe it is a form of stainless pipe, and is available from dealer only, at £350 or so (or used to be, before Land Rover seen they were selling a few of them)My D3 Build Thread
Member Since: 25 Jan 2012
Location: Manchester
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£350 was the price Land ranger svc in stockport gave me before they checked with L/R. you are right, it seems the stealers are profiteering big style!
28th Jun 2014 3:09 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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Should we not as a group look to be like the MG club and get our own spares made, I know a local exhaust place that would happily copy the pipe in stainless, some stuff you can't, but this isn't hard to make up Altox GSM FBH controller thread
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29th Jun 2014 9:57 am
Down&Dirty
Member Since: 17 Aug 2012
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As the pipe has to come off,could you just not cut out the damaged piece of flexi pipe and weld in new piece
The flexi pipe is quite readily available in various sizes.
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29th Jun 2014 9:57 am
Kingmav66
Member Since: 20 Jul 2010
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1349
Mike, what's involved in changing one of these?
29th Jun 2014 10:27 am
stevethedent
Member Since: 25 Jan 2012
Location: Manchester
Posts: 99
They are a pig to remove and install. As we are are all aware you weld one piece of exhaust only to have it blow in another place a few weeks down the line. renewing is the only option in my opinion.
29th Jun 2014 10:24 pm
Woodsy SA
Member Since: 15 Nov 2014
Location: Johannesburg
Posts: 8
We were driving from Johannesburg to Port St John this weekend and became aware of a blowing from the exhaust. Decided to carry on to Durban and have it checked out. After about two hours on the road I needed to apply the brakes. Nothing much happened, felt like the servo had failed. Turns out that the COP had blown and the heat from the pipe melted the vacuum pump. This took less than three hours of driving from the time we heard the first blowing noises to brake failure. Feel lucky that we did not need to do an emergency stop at all, bit really hacked off at the expense. Curiously, I cannot find any reference to a COP in the Haynes on-line manual. Discovery 3 TDV6 S 2008 auto, Borolo Black
15th Dec 2014 12:56 pm
geoff.
Member Since: 24 Jan 2010
Location: West kent
Posts: 8531
if anybody has one and can get it to me i will take to a friend who builds power flow exhausts see if he can make a few
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