vw polo 96N very hot exhaust

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vw polo 96N very hot exhaust
26 May 2009, 4:00 PM

stoxy
Joined 29 Jan 2005
110 posts

hi all, im on here on behalf of a mate of mine who has recently had hist changed on his polo 1.0, its very sporty looking and very low to the ground and has just developed a fault which the garage cannot seem to find the problem, my mate only has to go for about a mile drive and when he stops the exhaust is red hot, the garage has said that it shouldnt get as hot as that but they not sure what is causing it, can anyone help? its a s/s exhaust system.

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vw polo 96N very hot exhaust
26 May 2009, 4:51 PM

getzsport
Joined 26 May 2009
4 posts

hi i have a magnex exhaust and mine gets very hot.. this is due to the material the exhaust is made with.standard exhausts are alot thicker metal than sports exhausts. there aint no fault its just the metal of the exhaust,, its prob aluminium so thin metal hope this helps

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vw polo 96N very hot exhaust
26 May 2009, 5:00 PM

stoxy
Joined 29 Jan 2005
110 posts

thanks for the info, its just the garage say it shouldnt be that hot and its only started get hot, its never done it before. but i will lethim know thank you

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vw polo 96N very hot exhaust
26 May 2009, 5:29 PM

bas saph
Joined 20 Dec 2007
2230 posts

the baffle in the flammer box might have disintergreated.

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vw polo 96N very hot exhaust
26 May 2009, 5:31 PM

stoxy
Joined 29 Jan 2005
110 posts

thanks for the reply but what is flammel in the ? box

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vw polo 96N very hot exhaust
26 May 2009, 5:32 PM

stoxy
Joined 29 Jan 2005
110 posts

sorry what is baffel in the flammer box

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vw polo 96N very hot exhaust
26 May 2009, 5:41 PM

bas saph
Joined 20 Dec 2007
2230 posts

its normally a metal box (about the sise of a small shoe box, that sits on or near the down pipe from exhaust manifold it prevents flames traveling down the exhaust pipe. the baffle is just like erm cant describe it lol. its like, the inside of an exhaust pipe.

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vw polo 96N very hot exhaust
26 May 2009, 7:45 PM

tjp
Joined 15 Jun 2007
610 posts

if the ignition timing is incorrect, it can cause a hot exhaust, so worth checking.

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