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Old 10th March 2017, 07:43 PM
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Default D3 V8 Exhaust question

Took my D3 out today for a spin, first time its been used in a while, its done just over 3K miles in 9 months.

Upon return it was quiet apparent all is not well in the world with the exhaust, she is blowing somewhere. Whilst it sounds pretty good, I need to fix the problem.

I am kind of hoping its one of the joints that have gone rather than a problem with the system itself.

If I sit in the drivers seat with the door open and rev the engine, it sounds like its coming from the area around the B pillar possibly just behind that. I know the exhaust is in several sections, as I had the flexi joints replaced 3 years ago and I remember them separating sections. I just cannot remember where the rear section joints are and if they are sleeved joints like on the D2.
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2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles
Past
2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly
with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue
2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles.
2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles
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