new personal record

[Britt Grannis]

Calvin,
Both of my 4000CSQ's have had broken ( or rusted) exhausts! The first 1 had
the tail pipe come out of the muffler and sounded very deep and rumbly. The
guys in my VW club really liked it but my daughter was embarrassed at all of
the Honda guys who wanted to race her!
The 2nd car had the pipe just before the rear muffler developed a small hole
and it's a bit more raspy than the 1st car. I sure do like them both though.
Britt
Britt's Hillcountry Water Treatment
----- Original Message -----
From: "Calvin Krug" <ckrug at tctc.com>
To: "Quattro list" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 10:42 AM
Subject: new personal record


> Thanks to all who advised me on the timing belt change on my '87 4000
> S.  It's back together, and tonight, I adjusted the ignition timing,
> and it runs great.  Took her for a little test drive up the road.
> About a mile down the road, the exhaust system broke just in front of
> the cat.  Wow, less than two minutes it was fixed and something else
> broke.  That's amazingly quick!   Is this a weak point in older Audi
> exhausts?  Just after I bought my 200Q, which had been sitting for
> months just as the 4000 has, the front pipe rusted off in the exact
> same place. The rest of the system is solid, so, like on the 200,
> I'll have my favorite muffler shop weld a new end on the front pipe
> for about $35.
>
> Calvin K.
>
> hey, these old Audis sound pretty good with no exhausts.