Cracked and blowing Y-piece

[ruaricoles]

Hello peeps,

I've noticed this evening that my exhaust y-piece (pre-serp 500) is cracked along the top seam on the RHS and is starting to do the same on the LHS. The crack is only hairline but it's perhaps 5 inches long and enough to make it leak.

Especially frustrating as I only had the system ceramic coated in December last year.

I imagine I can get someone to grind the crack(s) a bit and weld them up again, but has anyone else had this problem?

Also, can I somehow touch up the black ceramic coating again after (Camcoat) in a durable way without having to have the whole thing re-coated?

Ta

Ruari

[spend]

I think only Mr Camucoat will answer that. JP will do fine work repairing your Y-Piece - I have seen quite a few welded up cant be so unusual (I'm not a Ypiece perv is what I mean)

Dave

[David H]

I'd take it somewhere local and get it welded. Then buy a pot of Tech-Line "Black Satin" (the same stuff that Camcoat use) and touch it up myself.

Black Satin is available from Demon Tweeks.

[bluebottle]

My First Griff (94 preserp) did axactly the same thing.
Phoned my local tyre/exhaust centre and asked them if they had a freindly metalwork/engineering shop with S/S welding experience. Took it to them and £10 later all fixed and you wouldn't know it had been done.

Edited by bluebottle on Thursday 3rd May 08:34

[Jay Ayegees]

Another vote for Tech-Line Black Satin - great for manifolds.

[that daddy]

Jay Ayegees said:

Another vote for Tech-Line Black Satin - great for manifolds.

It aint that great i have done a 600 miles since using it and theres signs of flaking on the weldsand yes they were sandblasted de/greased etc,just to let you know my take on the stuff.