Tailpipe Temperature.

mikeyp Learner Dubber

4 posts · joined May 2009 · 1 May 2009, 12:22 pm

#710055

I'm pretty new to veedubs and this has got me foxed, it might be simple to someone who 'knows' though - so I hope you don't mind me asking for a little advice here...

Anyway, I've been trying to replace the tailpipes on my bug (without much success - the old ones are pretty much rusted in place), but while I was fiddling around with them I noticed that after running the engine one of the pipes gets much hotter than the other one. I would have expected them to get to pretty much the same temperature...
After a half hour drive I can grip the left pipe easily, but the right one is too hot to hold - do they track back to two cylinders each (in which case I guess half my engine might have a problem), or do they both come from the same source in the muffler?

Anyway, confused - and without the proper tools (yet) to investigate much further. Does anyone have any ideas ?

Thanks in advance.

h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle

7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 · 1 May 2009, 7:08 pm

#710100

maybe the mufler has failed in one half of it so id be lookin there firstly

fractal geometry; the inner most limits of mind altering abuse

Fantasy http://seventhchronicle.com

Z = Z2 + C1/r = 1/0 = infinity

Barrels www.barrelman.com.au

VW Workshop - aircooledgarage.com.au
allcooled.com.au

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 May 2009, 7:25 pm

#710102

mikeyp wrote:I'm pretty new to veedubs and this has got me foxed, it might be simple to someone who 'knows' though - so I hope you don't mind me asking for a little advice here...

Anyway, I've been trying to replace the tailpipes on my bug (without much success - the old ones are pretty much rusted in place), but while I was fiddling around with them I noticed that after running the engine one of the pipes gets much hotter than the other one. I would have expected them to get to pretty much the same temperature...
After a half hour drive I can grip the left pipe easily, but the right one is too hot to hold - do they track back to two cylinders each (in which case I guess half my engine might have a problem), or do they both come from the same source in the muffler?

Anyway, confused - and without the proper tools (yet) to investigate much further. Does anyone have any ideas ?

Thanks in advance.

The left one is blocked up....

they should both be as hot as....

leaving burn marks on Your fingers..

on both sides.... but

No One ever touches the 2nd pipe... lol

After they burnt their fingers on the first one..... lol

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---