Exhaust Rusted

Pumpwater · 24th March 2019, 17:07

My 75 has just passed its MOT but I noticed today that the back box has a large hole in the outer skin due to rust but the inner skin seems to be intact

Should I get it swapped now, if so will I need only the rear section or the whole lot (superficially the front bit looks OK)

I am too old to crawl under now, so I will have to get it done by a fitter. Mr Exhaust near London online quote is £121.80 which seems good but I live in Durham. Has anyone got a good deal on these locally.

Any tips gratefully received

stocktake · 24th March 2019, 17:15

If it is an original then I seem to remember they are triple skin so the loss of the outer skin is no great detriment. I would be tempted to hang on to the original as long as possible as some replacement boxes can be quite noisy.

Pumpwater · 24th March 2019, 17:24

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Originally Posted by stocktake

I would be tempted to hang on to the original as long as possible as some replacement boxes can be quite noisy.

I will, thanks, car repairs have been soaking up a lot of my pension recently

Sprinter · 25th March 2019, 22:16

My first MOT (7 years ago) noted the same thing. I bought a replacement for when it eventually went.

The inner skinned original is still passing MOTs while the replacement is rusting away in storage.

IGH · 26th March 2019, 06:21

Had exactly the same, the 'old' original exhaust went on forever after the outer skin rusted away. It was a large hole in the exhaust pipe towards the back of the car that forced me to change the back box in the end!

24th March 2019, 17:07	#1
Pumpwater Loves to post Rover 75 CDTi Firefrost Red Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Durham Posts: 470 Thanks: 96 Thanked 55 Times in 38 Posts	Exhaust Rusted My 75 has just passed its MOT but I noticed today that the back box has a large hole in the outer skin due to rust but the inner skin seems to be intact Should I get it swapped now, if so will I need only the rear section or the whole lot (superficially the front bit looks OK) I am too old to crawl under now, so I will have to get it done by a fitter. Mr Exhaust near London online quote is £121.80 which seems good but I live in Durham. Has anyone got a good deal on these locally. Any tips gratefully received __________________ Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow they may make it illegal.

24th March 2019, 17:15	#2
stocktake Vis Whiz Rover 75 2.5 auto Saloon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: LEEDS Posts: 20,587 Thanks: 2,057 Thanked 3,056 Times in 1,621 Posts	If it is an original then I seem to remember they are triple skin so the loss of the outer skin is no great detriment. I would be tempted to hang on to the original as long as possible as some replacement boxes can be quite noisy. __________________ Dave... Lost a few stones and a Gall Bladder and part of a bile duct and all of my dignity in the suppository incident

25th March 2019, 22:16	#4
Sprinter Posted a thing or two Jag S-Type 4.2 V8 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Derby Posts: 1,645 Thanks: 271 Thanked 427 Times in 293 Posts	My first MOT (7 years ago) noted the same thing. I bought a replacement for when it eventually went. The inner skinned original is still passing MOTs while the replacement is rusting away in storage. __________________ “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”

26th March 2019, 06:21	#5
IGH Avid contributor Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Guildford Posts: 170 Thanks: 129 Thanked 48 Times in 21 Posts	Had exactly the same, the 'old' original exhaust went on forever after the outer skin rusted away. It was a large hole in the exhaust pipe towards the back of the car that forced me to change the back box in the end!