I have heard that on the 912 pipes may burn through particularly in mild
steel and particularly if there is a bend near the manifold.
I had thought the Europa exhaust was in stainless? not just the silencer.
Jerry
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> From: Klaus Dietrich <101613.3377@compuserve.com>
> Subject: exhaust pipe burned through
> Date: 12 October 1997 13:23
>
> I recently discovered that two front exhaust pipes (front and rear on
left
> side) have burned through in their bent radius at the engine side.
> I have now 70 hours on the engine and I suppose that it burned through
> since the last 10 to 20 hours, according the size of the hole. I must
admit
> that I had the ThermoTec lagging on the pipes right up to the cylinder
> heads so I didn't see when it started. But I still believe that this is
> not normal after such a short time; could it be the material?
> Would it be better to have the pipes in stainless steel (as the silencer
> is)?
>
> In addition, I can not separate the front tubes from the main silencer
box
> because they seem to have melted together; neither heating nor brute
force
> did help so far to get the tubes out.
> Any advise? Should I order a completely new exhaust assembly including
> pipes (if possible in stainless steel) and silencer and keep my "old"
> silencer as a spare part?
>
> Klaus
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