Engine: 2.3 F/Inj B23E/B230F: Downpipe

[morsing]

This is just awful... Do I really have to scrap a car I have had for 12 years just because of a dumb down pipe? All the ebay ones are the wrong type.

My only option, it seems, is to get a new complete Jetex system, but I just spent £200 for a new exhaust from Volvo which has only been on the car for 6 months... Also, I've had Jetex before and they're not very good.

[CaptainAhab]

Hey Morsing,

Sorry, thought Fyfes was national, looks like they are only over here. Give the Bangor branch a ring, they are well decent guys. I am sure they would send you one or tell you the parts people they are using. Don't scrap that tank!

There is a guy on here fabricates stainless pipes as well, worth a chat?

Linky...

http://www.fyfescarparts.co.uk/branches/

Cheers,

Cap

[davebslater(uk)]

Go into any exhaust branch and get the catalogue number , or try Volvo for the correct part number. I do kno tho that bosal and walker will make it differently because they made them to repair the Volvo system rather than replace the whole downpipe.

[classicswede]

I will ask my dad to have a look for one in his used parts store. He only runs stainless now so will not be using any standard ones

[BrianH]

I had a high mileage gearbox 500k + mls and the final flange bearing was the problem due to viabration.

I have replaced the gear box s/h for £120 and after GES (Volvo club) G for life replacements, two Volvo systems, a local bespoke and extra reinforcements and welding over 18 months, the rear flange has finally sorted this problem.

A small leak of oil is a clue. The only way to be certainl and confirm the problem is to remove the rubber bearing attached to the flange and waggle it up and down. I could hardly believe the amount of play.

If you can drive the 240, put your hand on the gear knob and access the viabration at say 60/70 mph. There should be next none.

BrianH

[davebslater(uk)]

There's a downpipe on ebay right now....

[morsing]

So,

Finally got a new cheap downpipe (not impressed I must say), but when I got the old one out, I noticed what looks like blowing between the gasket and downpipe (gasket has been turned over):



Can anyone confirm that this is the cause of the blowing? I can't find any visible problems with the old downpipe, which is a genuine Volvo one and only 7-8 years old, even though I thought I felt something from the join between where the two pipes become one when it was previously running.

It the gasket looks like leaking, I will put the proper Volvo pipe back on. Thanks for any advice.

[classicswede]

I would just clean the face and fit a new gasket

[morsing]

Originally Posted by classicswede

I would just clean the face and fit a new gasket

Ok, but do you think by looking at that gasket, that that would cause an audible leak at idle and smell in the car going up-hill?

[classicswede]

You would hear it and as it is at the front the more likely you are to get an exhaust smell. The down pipe will normally last 2 systems