what have you done to your car today ?
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Washed and polished yesterday. Fastest hand wash ever as ".. there's a hole in my bucket.." then drove 30 miles to work today and it's filthy again. Rock on summer.
Evening all,
I'm pretty fresh in this forum and with Seat.
Anyway,
Today met up with Bouncerbeater, he carried out some scanning and logging just to check how is everything. All looked good .
And after I decided to do n249 by pass, still not sure did I do it right but car feels more responsive even feels that it pulls better and no lights so hope I did everything correctly.
I'm pretty fresh in this forum and with Seat.
Anyway,
Today met up with Bouncerbeater, he carried out some scanning and logging just to check how is everything. All looked good .
And after I decided to do n249 by pass, still not sure did I do it right but car feels more responsive even feels that it pulls better and no lights so hope I did everything correctly.
Milltek Exhaust Rattle
I fitted a Milltek exhaust to my Mk1 Leon Cupra a few weeks ago with no problems, until the other night when I had passengers in the back and it started making a racket, like it was vibrating against the car. The passengers aren't heavy, and the noise wasn't constant, only when idle at lights.
So I went under and found the rear axle to be the problem. The noise didn't sound like the pipe was hitting the axle, more like the axle pushed the pipe up so it was touching the heat shields.
I undid the clamps and tried to move the pipe, but it's too limited to make any big gap, probably gained a few mm. The exhaust is already sitting snug and there's not much room to lift it up at the hangers. The car has standard springs fitted too.
My first option is to limit the amount of passengers to one. Or I'm considering cutting a groove into the axle.
Any suggestions?
I fitted a Milltek exhaust to my Mk1 Leon Cupra a few weeks ago with no problems, until the other night when I had passengers in the back and it started making a racket, like it was vibrating against the car. The passengers aren't heavy, and the noise wasn't constant, only when idle at lights.
So I went under and found the rear axle to be the problem. The noise didn't sound like the pipe was hitting the axle, more like the axle pushed the pipe up so it was touching the heat shields.
I undid the clamps and tried to move the pipe, but it's too limited to make any big gap, probably gained a few mm. The exhaust is already sitting snug and there's not much room to lift it up at the hangers. The car has standard springs fitted too.
My first option is to limit the amount of passengers to one. Or I'm considering cutting a groove into the axle.
Any suggestions?
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Yeah, Mr MOT man would love that! I think I just need to play around adjusting the pipe, get the axle pipe as high as it will go. It needs to go forward slightly so the axle fits in the groove better - not easy with no room for adjustment at the middle hanger near the cat.
Dont modify the axle or you're fooked
You could try an exhaust mount of an Cupra R, stey are more sturdy and a bit shorter than the LC180 variant.
Thanks for the advice. I think it's sorted now - I adjusted the axle pipe by pulling it out of the back box and getting it as high as possible.
I would suggest to anyone fitting an exhaust to look at the heat shield above the axle, because there's more room if it was pushed up more.
I've got a bigger gap now of about an inch.
I modified an old exhaust mount with a shorter powerflex mount.
Before & After mount by ND-Photo.nl, on Flickr
Before & After mount by ND-Photo.nl, on FlickrI modified an old exhaust mount with a shorter powerflex mount.
How did you modify that mount? My rear silencer sits too low and I need to raise it up an inch or so. Is there a rear mount too that's shorter?
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Yes, the Cupra R mount. Its a bit shorter than the LC180 one.
This is how I did it:
-Grab the old mount
-Grab a drill and drill away the upstanding edges on the plate of the exhaust mount (see pic below). On both sides obviously
-Grab a bolt which fit through the hole
-Place an exhaust rubber
-Seal it with a nut or 2
Powerflex sell universal mounts: http://www.powerflex.co.uk/road-series/products/EXHAUST+MOUNTS-2618/1.html
Search the correct part number and search for it on eBay. I've used the EXH002
This is how I did it:
-Grab the old mount
-Grab a drill and drill away the upstanding edges on the plate of the exhaust mount (see pic below). On both sides obviously
-Grab a bolt which fit through the hole
-Place an exhaust rubber
-Seal it with a nut or 2
Powerflex sell universal mounts: http://www.powerflex.co.uk/road-series/products/EXHAUST+MOUNTS-2618/1.html
Search the correct part number and search for it on eBay. I've used the EXH002
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I swapped the chunky Fabia rear wiper for the more tidier Touran wiper. The drag has significantly been reduced - improved fuel economy and faster acceleration!
Off topic - does anyone suffer from regular sticky throttle syndrome? I use my car near enough every day, and every 3-4 months I have to clean the throttle body to stop the hesitation under acceleration, or the feeling that the brakes have been slammed on. Cleaning it out fixes the problem, it just seems a bit regular. I don't spray carb clearner through the hose, instead take the body off for a thorough clean and align using vag-com.
Off topic - does anyone suffer from regular sticky throttle syndrome? I use my car near enough every day, and every 3-4 months I have to clean the throttle body to stop the hesitation under acceleration, or the feeling that the brakes have been slammed on. Cleaning it out fixes the problem, it just seems a bit regular. I don't spray carb clearner through the hose, instead take the body off for a thorough clean and align using vag-com.
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