Exhaust sleeve?

[audi_a3_turbo]

thought I had a hole in my exhaust so I took it to rapid fit. They told me that the connector sleeve is f**ked but they dont stock them. Do you know anywhere that I can but one from? has anyone else had this problem?
thanks rob

 

[MartayMcFly]

Audi? Apparently the flex-hose in/on my exhaust has loosened so there's a tick when I'm on boost. The garage I took it to said only Audi did replacements, otherwise I'd have to replace most of the exhaust.

 

[audi_a3_turbo]

yeah because I was told by kwick fit that it was going to cost me £591 for a new exhaust!!! So i took it to rapid fit who said it was a sleeve i needed. Do you know how much audi charge for this?
thanks

 

[Broken Byzan]

I can't imagine it's that expensive. Its a rolled sleeve, don't forget the clamps and the bolts too. I also see no reason why they couldn't just sleeve it with some generic pipe and some clamps.. Muppets

The flexi is part of the downpipe so replacement means welding in, a flexi is around £20 to buy and whatever they charge to cut and weld it in

 

[MartayMcFly]

No, haven't found the time (or really remembered) to find out. I'm tempted to leave it until next year when I uprate the exhaust and intake, and just put up with it until then. Apparently it's a real b*****d to get access to and replace too.

 

[audi_a3_turbo]

okay thanks. Will this hole be effecting my performance?

 

[MartayMcFly]

Mine didn't show anything in VAGCOM, but yours might be different. I never take my car far past 3k revs now though, just to avoid the stupid tick, so it affects performance in that way.

 

[Broken Byzan]

TBH you could remove the exhaust and VAGcom would have no idea it was missing.

A blowing exhaust can affect performance as a car is tuned to have a certain amout of back pressure to help in the driveability/torque