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Intermediate flex pipe stretch to install?
Posted by Tim Ward [Email] (more from Tim Ward) on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:57:14
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2002 Saab 9-5 Linear 185-hp, 2.3-liter I-4
Should I have to stretch the Intermediate exhaust flex pipe to install it? or do I have the wrong part?
I have the old one out and it appears to be the really close to the same size as the Starla (SAB075603) replacement, maybe a 1/4 to 1/2 difference. I had to remove the front cat section to get the intermediate pipe out. I attached the intermediate pipe to the front cat section to refit. I did not tighten anything down. After refit I am about two inches from the rear section. I may have moved the rear section back slightly while removing the intermediate section and drilling out the bolts. I can't imagine I moved it 2 inches though.
Could the front and rear sections drift over time? I had a descent crack in the flex pipe, almost 90% of the circumference.
I should mention I am doing this in a fairly cold garage, north west of Chicago. I don't know how much a flex pipe might contract in such conditions. The shape of the flex section of the new pipe is much more contracted than that of the one I removed.
I read another post somewhere that describes a similar situation, where someone had about an inch gap. That person closed the gap by tightening everything down, a week later the flex pipe in the cat section cracked. I just don't want to push it and cause me all sorts of other problems.
Thanks.
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