GP Exhaust blowing

[AlexF2003]

My exhuast sounds like its about to fall off


Damn it!!! It not quite due its 1st service either!

hmmm is it time to tune the car

Alex

[ButtonIt]

My MCS is a terrible one for working the flange bolts loose and blowing. Undernetah the car, roughly under where the handbrake is, there's a flange where the cat-back section of the exhaust connects to the cat and manifold. Check the bolts here, there's two of them, as I've had numerous amounts work themselves loose over the years.

[ScottyBoy]

As far as im aware there is a thread about GP Exhausts that they have started to deterioate early, and i think a few members have had it replaced under warrenty!

Try your chances, see if you can find the thread!

[AlexF2003]

I did already - I must be blind!

[ScottyBoy]

Quote: Originally Posted by AlexF2003 (original)

I did already - I must be blind!

[PAULWILL]

Quote: Originally Posted by AlexF2003 (original)

I did already - I must be blind!

Hi Alex,

Just had the very same problem & had it fixed yesterday under warranty (see my comments in the other thread: http://www.mini2.com/forum/john-coop...roblems-2.html). I had approx 8,500 miles o the clock when I heard the dreaded 'hole in my exhaust' rumble. I've had a new silencer fitted (I think), and from seeing under the car myself looked like it was to do with the pressure the JCW engine kit (+ GP tweaks) puts on the poor welds around the silencer - that's what the MINI mechanic said too. TIP: Mke sure your dealer orders the correct JCW part and is not a div like mine who at first ordered a standard MINI Cooper S part ... D'oh!!

Let us know how you get on.

Paul