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Dean · 2009-11-04, 09:06 PM

Turning onto Lakeside tonight for the SCCA meeting, All of a sudden had a massive exhaust leak on my A4. No loss of power, but up front and very loud.

Got home and the downpipe appears to have just fallen out of the flange on the turbo. About 1/4" of clean pipe is exposed and just hanging down a 1/2" below the flange. Luckily there are head shields all around the area, so no obvious damage.

I'll look closer tomorrow. I hope it will just pop back in so it can be tacked and then removed and welded up. It doesn't look like there we any external welds, so it was either a press fit or internally welded.

2009-11-04, 09:06 PM	#1
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Anybody want to weld a flange back on a downpipe? Turning onto Lakeside tonight for the SCCA meeting, All of a sudden had a massive exhaust leak on my A4. No loss of power, but up front and very loud. Got home and the downpipe appears to have just fallen out of the flange on the turbo. About 1/4" of clean pipe is exposed and just hanging down a 1/2" below the flange. Luckily there are head shields all around the area, so no obvious damage. I'll look closer tomorrow. I hope it will just pop back in so it can be tacked and then removed and welded up. It doesn't look like there we any external welds, so it was either a press fit or internally welded. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...