Shawn Stanford

I took my P!g in for inspection and there's an exhaust leak at the front, somewhere in the neighborhood of the catalytic converter. The mechanic is quoting $1,400 for the new part and a couple hours of labor. Does anyone have a line on a used exhaust?

TIA!

touareg

Sorry Shawn, you are SOL, I am going through the same thing on my Touareg. Most people only remove cats for something illegal or if a car is totaled

If I am a betting man, I would say 2 things.

The VW Part is probably the same and cheaper (Same V6 engine from what I understand on the 1.0 models).

It is the flex pipe in a difficult location and requires removal of the exhaust headers etc and it is 2 cats to replace which is around 7 hours labor.

Of course if he is talking the single 2nd cat, you can probably find that somewhere, but I would just remove it and do my nasty hack on my V8, same idea just a little different. https://rennlist.com/forums/porsche-...***-pipes.html

Dealer rates add up fast.

Try to find someone to replace the flex pipe. You can see the part you need in my post below. I am planning on going to my indy next weekend, will let you know how it goes if you are interested.

https://rennlist.com/forums/porsche-...-post-cat.html

Shawn Stanford

Well, I got this news on Friday afternoon and I was ***-deep in something at work, so I didn't give it a lot of thought at the time. I'll need to call my indy this morning and confirm the part, once I have that I can resume shopping.

Shawn Stanford

Just got off the phone and, yeah: flex pipe. Exploring solutions...

Shawn Stanford

One of my mechanic's suppliers swears the Touareg part is a direct replacement for half the cost of the Porsche part. So, not cheap, but not ***-rapingly expensive, either...

Now, their quick guess on the labor was 'a couple hours'; hopefully that will more-or-less hold true.

touareg

I just had the flex pipe on mine replaced.

They had to remove the manifold and the cats, so $500 or so in labor for that. Then weld in the new flex pipe.

I am out the door for $630, better than the $2200+ quoted from the dealer.

padimx

Can anyone recommend a good mechanic in NJ area? my zip is 07039

padimx

Does anyone have apart number for this pipe?

Shawn Stanford

Let me call the indy who did the work for me. I *highly* recommend going for the Touareg part. It's half the price of the Porsche part. Fitting the Touareg part required cutting off a bracket, but after that it's just a bolt-in.