[Lyds_corsa_b]

Hi all,

Just out of curiosity, has anyone else had this problem...

I recently had a new backbox fitted onto my Corsa b. It is a standard cheap backbox, nothing special. Anyway.. I drove my car home, all was fine. Then, I took my car out to the supermarket on quite a long drive. As I'm driving along, I start to hear a dodgy loud banging noise coming from where my backbox is.

I get the car home & check it out. Nothing seems wrong.

It turns out that because the backbox is cheap, the fittings are longer than normal. The mechanic explained this to me & tried to rectify it. No luck. As the backbox got hot, it expanded causing the fittings to tap against the back of my bumper area. This really sounded dodgy in the car. Having the fittings chopped down a bit on Tuesday.. thank god. :laugh:

Anyone else had a similar problem?

 

[Sky]

Well kind of....but in a different place and for different reason.

When I fitted the 1.6 into my SRi, I left the downpipe/centre section from the 1.4 intact. Just this afternoon, I've had to take the car to have the tracking checked over (still fine) and had them put a new rubber mount near my cat. The 'lip' on the left side of the cat has been resonating against the underside causing an awful rattling when idle

Did it sound like a woodpecker Lyds? :laugh:

 

[Lee_H]

Only when i go over big speedbumps a tapping noise always happens when going over them, I wasnt too sure what it was but I went in my mates corsa and it was exactly the same noise.

I think its the exhaust hitting the axle for me though

 

[jim610]

Only when i go over big speedbumps a tapping noise always happens when going over them, I wasnt too sure what it was but I went in my mates corsa and it was exactly the same noise.

I think its the exhaust hitting the axle for me though

mine used to hit the axle but i got my exhaust reshaped for a 10er all sorted now.

 

[Lee]

Lyds, a guess is it sounds like it's not pushed on far enough at the join to the centre pipe.

 

[tse_corsa]

i had the same prob lyds i got a cheap staandard back box and the hangers are to long having them choped down sholud sort it out i bent mine so the back box hung lower an that sorted it but its a right b*tch to get on an off though

 

[Clutch]

Quite a common problem with fitting new exhausts is that that bang on the axle, its because they hang too far down and move around a bit, i managed to rectify mine with a couple of cables ties so its not so loose and wobbly

 

[Lee]

Quite a common problem with fitting new exhausts is that that bang on the axle, its because they hang too far down and move around a bit, i managed to rectify mine with a couple of cables ties so its not so loose and wobbly

Lol, it's just as easy to unbolt the securing clip, hold it higher then bolt back up really tight. Works every time for me.

 

[Rich]

Quite a common problem with fitting new exhausts is that that bang on the axle, its because they hang too far down and move around a bit, i managed to rectify mine with a couple of cables ties so its not so loose and wobbly

man what you on about :s

 

[Lyds_corsa_b]

Well kind of....but in a different place and for different reason.

When I fitted the 1.6 into my SRi, I left the downpipe/centre section from the 1.4 intact. Just this afternoon, I've had to take the car to have the tracking checked over (still fine) and had them put a new rubber mount near my cat. The 'lip' on the left side of the cat has been resonating against the underside causing an awful rattling when idle

Did it sound like a woodpecker Lyds? :laugh:

Yep it sounds like a woodpecker on speed or something!!

 

[Lyds_corsa_b]

Yeah my dad suggested having it pushed back onto the pipe further. But I think the mechanic is going to chop down the fittings for a couple of cans of Carling :thumbs_up: He's a good bloke by me.

 

[tse_corsa]

u cant push them back the only sure fix is to bend the hangers or have them chopped slightly

 

[Matt]

i improvised when my backbox was hanging too low, i turned my rubbers round, put both sets of hangars in the centre hole and then stuck a cable tie around the rubber, sat perfect now, no wobble

 

[jim610]

just by shorter stiffened rubbers to stop the wobble only a couple of quid.:thumbs_up:

 

[Lyds_corsa_b]

just by shorter stiffened rubbers to stop the wobble only a couple of quid.:thumbs_up:

I've done that. It's not the rubbers. It's the fittings being too long mate. I replaced all the rubber exhaust mountings - no joy. The mechanic will sort it!

 

[Clutch]

man what you on about :s

 

[corsasi]

my exhaust nocks on everything, the bumper, the chassis, the axle, the hangers, and last but not least, speedhumps, but you get used to it if your cool like me

 

[tse_corsa]

lol i dont have that trouble any more i bought a peco stainlless system only prob i got now is my cat hs gone so gotta for out just over 100 quid for a new 1 my little corsa sounds like a tank at the mo lol

 

[waj27]

ya i had the same prob mine started on the axle,i had a look and it stoped but then it started on the Central Silencer hangers, got that fixed now my flexy pipe is gone and a new one for a 1.0lit costs bout £250 cos that were the catalytic converter is, so at the mo am driving a loud tank lol.