Down Pipe / Cat Pipe / Front Exhaust Pipe?

1. dannyboy2005 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2008 BEDFORD, GUILDFORD, WAYBRIDGE Posts: 4172 Punt -y0

   #1 12th January 2009, 23:13

   Day before last, my car gradually sounded all crokey. Its got worse and worse untill now it sound like a old piece of rope.
   
   Basically it sounds like i've got a blown exhaust and can be herd a long way away i've been told.
   
   Now, this evening i found that it was the down pipe or Cat Pipe? (What is it called) had a crack through the tubing and letting out a lot of fumes. Just litterly under the manifold! (Hence it smelt of burnt fuel when heater was on full). Its the pipe that goes from manifold down to the miain exhaust pipes. I have no cat on my car, just a middle silencer and a rear one.
   
   Anyone know where i can get a cheap 2nd hand one from? I don't want any performance pipes either. Any help either would be greatly approved!
   
   Has anyone else had this problem and what are the consequences if you carry on driving it with a split? The pipe going to rip apart and exhaust fall off?
   
   Thanks
   Dan
2. Pricklep Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 31279 Citroen Saxo VTS, S60 D5

   #2 12th January 2009, 23:22

   Its the downpipe ?? the welded join on mine snapped, it sounded like a tank lol, £50 for a new one
3. dannyboy2005 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2008 BEDFORD, GUILDFORD, WAYBRIDGE Posts: 4172 Punt -y0

   #3 12th January 2009, 23:33

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by John_1.1i Its the downpipe ?? the welded join on mine snapped, it sounded like a tank lol, £50 for a new one

   
   
   Its that, its buggered. I don't want to keep spending on the sax. Fed up of it! Want a 2nd hand one!
4. dannyboy2005 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2008 BEDFORD, GUILDFORD, WAYBRIDGE Posts: 4172 Punt -y0

   #4 12th January 2009, 23:50

   http://www.buypartsby.co.uk/front_pi...xtmake=CITROEN
   
   2nd From bottom... Not bad considering postage is about 8 quid.
   
   I'll try Bedford Batterie in the morning FTW. They'll be dirt cheap and i'll get it delieved in the morning too.!
5. Dose2k L-plater Joined: Apr 2008 Sidcup Posts: 59 Mk2 Saxo VTR 02'

   #5 14th January 2009, 18:07

   Try ebay. Thats always a good place. That can happen sometimes due to excessive play, make sure all your bushes are ok and things are tight, as it may be rubbing and banging up agaist things.
   
   Jay
6. Olly Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2008 Meerkat Harborough Posts: 2638 Saxo vtr mk 2

   #6 14th January 2009, 21:53

   for sale section, there are a few breaking, prob tenner plus postage,
7. Saxotim Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Nov 2007 Leeds Posts: 2865 172 Cup, Mk2 VTR

   #7 14th January 2009, 22:06

   did the same on my old 1.1 check that the bolt holding it to the gearbox hasnt come out cos it had on mine and cracked just where your describing yours has.
   
   make sure you get a new gasket too
8. SaxoJamie Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2007 Sussex Posts: 3891 2x 106 GTi

   #8 14th January 2009, 22:18

   try get a good one from scrappy, ebay etc
9. Olly Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2008 Meerkat Harborough Posts: 2638 Saxo vtr mk 2

   #9 14th January 2009, 22:35

   here you go, should be exactly the same, make an offer to him http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Saxo-1-4-manif...1%7C240%3A1318
10. Baker25 Newbie Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 2

    #10 26th June 2015, 12:00

    Does a 206 cat downpipe fit a saxo vtr people ?

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