I just drove back from fishing and the bus was backfiring through the exhaust on inspection seems the header to tailpipe gasket has failed yet again, I know they get hot but this is the 2nd one in 6 months, I have a stainless steel quiet pack exhaust any suggestions
In 6 months.. go back to JK and tell em its not fit for purpose and give you a new one! Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
It's not the exhaust I'm talking about its the gasket, I know they are only a couple of quid but they should last longer
Did you retighten the joint after letting it warm up initially? We had to do this with our Vintage Speed a few times, warm, tighten, warm, tighten some more
No I didn't do that I'll get a new gasket and I'll try that thank you, did you use any exhaust sealant,?
I didn't use any sealant but others have mentioned I ought to have done. I forget who recommended what, its was quite a soft ish one, good for high temperatures and stays soft to maintain the seal, from memory.
They're two tin plates with gunk between? And has the gunk blown out? Probably a poor quality gasket if it has?
That's for type 4, Barry, don't you have a type 1? It might be the same gasket, for all I know, but wouldn't want you to order the wrong part.
Ah sorry.. not enough coffee yet.. Is there anything holding the silencer or just that joint where the gasket fails? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
I have a 2ltr T4, I think they are sending me the wrong gasket it fits perfectly but it looks as if its made of card I would of thought an exhaust gasket should be metal, o this is all too much I need to go back fishing
Oh, that's clever in an early, kinda the best of two worlds I would agree, the CSP exhaust I put on the Bug came with copper gaskets, and the old exhaust I took off had copper gaskets. Haven't needed to get that far on the Bus.
Yes my mate put it in for me ( o matron) he said it would take a morning to do ended up nearly 3 weekends, never again
@zedders this is what just Kampers sent me I've just rang them and they say they are correct for my exhaust but they just burn to nothing
my 2.0 has triangle flanges - i have used the gaskets that heritage sells - same shape as above but multi-layer metal. here's the link: https://www.heritagepartscentre.com/uk/043251509-gasket-triangular-3-bolt.html n.b. they DON'T look like that pic, they are without the perforations, but multilayer metal gasket which seems to work.
My JK exhaust gasket lasted until I had to take it off after 8 years. You are probably not torueing down the nuts enough, its wobbling around and falliing out. Yes it looks like cardboard but it does the job.. When I came to refit the exhaust, I smeared the fragments in exhaust paste and it has done 700 miles without truble since.
