FIAT Punto (1994 - 1999) - 99 1.2 16v dodgy exhaust or something else

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Sat 15 Mar 2008 20:54
99 1.2 16v dodgy exhaust or something else - Tistin
The exhaust on my 1999 1.2 16v punto sounds dreadful. It is a new bog standard one but has a very deep boy racer sound. It passed its mot okay and I have not noticed any leaks so I am at a lose to why its sounds like it does. I spoke to the firm that fitted it and they said its needs time to carbon up as it is a bit hollow(what ever that means)and the exhaust is not faulty in any way. Am I being spun a yarn by the exhaust company or is there perhaps another reason for this problem? cheers..

Edited by Pugugly on 15/03/2008 at 20:59

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Sun 16 Mar 2008 20:33
99 1.2 16v dodgy exhaust or something else - Big John
Had a similar problem with a VW Polo Exhaust a few years ago, after I complained a few times(yet again I was told about taking time to carbon up) the exhaust company swapped it for another brand FOC. All was well after that.
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Mon 17 Mar 2008 08:04
99 1.2 16v dodgy exhaust or something else - jc2
It's not "carboning-up";when mufflers are made,the filling-usually basalt wool-is placed in the mufflers in plastic bags-to protect the workers and hold the shape during assembly-when the engine is run the bags melt-sounds like some firm used too thick a bag.
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Mon 17 Mar 2008 12:20
99 1.2 16v dodgy exhaust or something else - bathtub tom
>>when the engine is run the bags melt

That doesn't sound very enviromentally friendly. I've never noticed a burning plastic smell from a new exhaust, other smells yes.
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Mon 17 Mar 2008 12:26
99 1.2 16v dodgy exhaust or something else - jc2
By the time you buy them no-but where they're first built and started,they are noisier and there is a plastic smell but the bags are very thin!
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