Hello

Just got my 57 plate panda back from MOT and it passed but an advisory of "Exhust tail box very corroded".

What do you think I should do? Not very clued up on cars. I was thinking of sourcing my own and then getting a garage to fit it?

Or should I just wait untill its fully corroded and sort it then?

Thank you!

Hi,
if it was really bad ( falling apart) they would probably have failed it..,
so I would just get a couple of local quotes and wait until the Spring.

Personally I think there are 2 sensible options,

1 = buy one from Ebay @ £40 delivered, and not too difficult to fit
( around an hour DIY).

2 = go to Quick-fit type of place , have it fitted in around an hour , and pay £60 / £100 all-in, the quality may be a little lower but you will get a warranty for 12 months +.

I did my own, as I've been fed-up with the wasted time going in and out of the "tyres + exhaust specialists", and the "sundries" charged for unnecessarily.,but if you can't realistically do it yourself , then it's peace of mind,

I think a garage would work-out expensive fitting something you've provided.!!??


Charlie

garlicbread22 said:

Or should I just wait untill its fully corroded and sort it then?

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I'm not a fan of leaving them until they are literally hanging off. Apart from the potential to cause a serious accident, they almost always give up the ghost in the least convenient circumstances.

I'd treat getting it sorted as important rather than critically urgent - use the 'breathing space' you have to get it fixed at a time of your own choosing, rather than waiting for it to fail outright.

As has been posted, replacement is an easy job, provided the joint b/w the back box & centre section isn't desperately corroded.

Get the part by the cheapest route available, then shop around for someone to fit it. Catching an exhaust fitter at the right time & paying cash should get you a keen price on the installation.

It's probably just the outer skin, if so yank the skin of and it'll still last a while

Most Easterly Pandas said:

yank the ski of :

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Could you rephrase that please, i dont understand?

Most Easterly Pandas said:

It's probably just the outer skin, if so yank the skin of and it'll still last a while

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I'm thinking bad thoughts... :devil:

Wee Smurf said:

I'm thinking bad thoughts... :devil:

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stop it, you will go blind !!!!

udtrev said:

stop it, you will go blind !!!!

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Virtually all Panda exhausts that are over 2-3 years old look seriously, if not terminally corroded. In reality there are often years left in them before they blow and leak or fall off.
As Most Easterly says, there seems to be an outer skin, a layer of metal on the silencer box which corrodes away but reveals beneath it solid metal again. The Panda silencer is a bit like a gobstopper, layer upon layer, the layers disappear but the silencer seems to go on forever!
So, leave well alone. It may look a bit unsightly but there's life in it still (funny, that's what I say these days when I look in the mirror!).

I bought a stainless steel back box off Ebay for £25, more power & cleaner look.

My 04 Panda has had a corroded exhaust for about 6 years, its the outta skin that goes first as people have said. but it will keep and keep and keep. just leave it well alone and don't start messing with it

Just thought I would add my voice here too about the outer skin being the issue.

I received a similar "corroded exhaust" advisory on my 57 plate Panda's MOT in November 2010. Roll on 12 moths and the same exhaust passed with no advisories and still appears fairly solid.

unfortunately,
our 3/4 year old Original tail box , had rotted right through a was blowing..,
but asking around it's common on modern cars to have " heat protection layers" -sometimes only on one face of the box..which CAN be peeled off,
Charlie

I just replaced ours on a 57 plate, Eurocarparts have a 25% discount online, £31 plus £1.50 for a clamp.
Parked it up with the near side on the kerb gave enough room, cut the old clamp off and lubed up the rubber hangers so they slip off.
Bit of tugging got the old free, new went on easy with a bit of exhaust paste.

One note, the car sounds a little buzzy with the new back box, I guess when it coats up with carbon it'll stop.

Goudrons said:

I just replaced ours on a 57 plate, Eurocarparts have a 25% discount online, £31 plus £1.50 for a clamp.
Parked it up with the near side on the kerb gave enough room, cut the old clamp off and lubed up the rubber hangers so they slip off.
Bit of tugging got the old free, new went on easy with a bit of exhaust paste.

One note, the car sounds a little buzzy with the new back box, I guess when it coats up with carbon it'll stop.

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What make? Not a bosal? I know the bosal ones are realy bad quality now. They wernt ever great but they are useless now.

I would have asked for a better quality one. TBH if its anything like the budget one i got and fitted on the ex's saxo, It never carboned up enough to sound any good... Raspy and horrible. On a standard car it isnt good..

Some make called React.

How are you judging quality? If it's against the genuine one, tin foil would be much better!

My local Fiat service centre in Kegworth qouted me £600+ vat for replacing the Tail box on a 4x4, i ripped the rotted outer skin off and it seems fine, what should i be paying for a new rear box on a 4x4?

About £100 fitted max IMO