.crasbe wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 12:06 In January the rusty exhaust of my S60 decided to finally develop a hole in the rear muffler. As you typically do in such cases, I ignored it
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Unfortunately the hole didn't decrease in size and the exhaust got progressively louder. Therefore I ordered new mufflers from IMASAF and procrastinated for another month until Saturday, when I finally ripped the old exhaust out:
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It went smooth so far, but one of the four bolts of the front exhaust guard (VIDA calls it "bracket") stripped. I expected the bolts close to the downpipe to strip but not one in the chassis
Then I decided to open the can of worms and remove the heat shield as well. It was a good and bad decision. Good in a sense that I uncovered a lot of rust, which had to be treated. And bad in a sense that I uncovered a lot of rust, which had to be treated. The spot welds of the rear heat shield came apart in the process, so I had to rivet them back together.
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All the surface rust was ground down with a CSD disc and painted with Brantho Korrux 3in1 (the German equivalent to POR15 essentially).
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The exhaust hangers were derusted in citric acid, neutralized with soda and then painted with Hammerite. The next time (if there is one..) I'll make new exhaust hangers from Stainless.
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The installation went quite smooth and the IMASAF exhaust fits very well.
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All in all the "just swap the exhaust on a Saturday" took three days and was significantly more work than expected.
If there only was a 1:1 replacement exhaust for P2 Volvos made from stainless steel (with TÜV approval)...
Nice work. The IMASAF exhaust looks like a quality unit. Love your large work area and the brick pavers.
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