Technical Exhaust Nightmare !

[morleyclan]

Hi - My wife is a new proud owner of a second hand 2001 Multipla ELX 1.6 ( petrol ). Unfortunately, the exhaust has started to blow and needs replacing. I have visited at least 5 local exhaust dealers to get a replacement. All of which gave me a price before actually looking at it ( based on car spec / Car Registration / Engine Number ! ). Upon visually looking at it, all but one decided they could not get a replacement. Kwik Fit ordered a replacement. When it arrived, it was totally wrong. The cat is located in a shield directly off the manifold. There is then a long flexible pipe before running through 3 box's to the rear end. NO - ONE can get a replacement ! I know this sounds odd, but everyone is confused. I have spoken to Fiat dealer over the phone who also sounds confused. I wanted to avoid having to take the car in to Fiat and paying their extortionate prices - It appears Dick Turpin was actually a Fiat dealer !

And oh ! The car has also started cutting out at traffic lights / junctions etc but I assume this is something to do with the faulty exhast which is blowing badly!

 

[morleyclan]

Hi guys

Finally got my exhaust problem sorted out.( Fiat Multipla 2001 1.6 ELX petrol ). It appears that my model was only produced in 2001 over a short few months before being modified. The exhaust comprises of :-
1) Cat ( Bottle cat attached directly to manifold which can't be seen by simply lookung under the car at ground level )
2) Length of flexi pipe ( approx 1.0m long )
3) 3 box's which make up the rest of the exhaust and comes as a SINGLE unit.

Kwik Fit were able to provide a replacement ( eventually ). Their reference codes for your information are:-

2) Flexi pipe = SPECE-CFT057 = £120
3) 3 box single unit = SPECE - LPFT057 = £249