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MGTF: Why does only one exhaust work?



 
 
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Old December 22nd 04, 10:03 PM
Dom
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Default MGTF: Why does only one exhaust work?

The TF has a dual exhaust system, but on my car only one exhaust
works. Does the second exhaust switch on automaticaly when the car is
warm? If so how warm. I have never seen it work.
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Old December 23rd 04, 08:31 AM
Nate Nagel
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Dom wrote:

> The TF has a dual exhaust system, but on my car only one exhaust
> works. Does the second exhaust switch on automaticaly when the car is
> warm? If so how warm. I have never seen it work.


I thought a TF was a four cylinder?

In any case, a situation where only one exhaust pipe works is usually a
sign of a stuck heat riser valve. Do you also have problems with vapor
lock?

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Old December 24th 04, 05:07 PM
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Is not the t model an MG from the fifties or late forties ?? Never seen
a heat riser on an MG from modern days so I doubt if yours has one. Are
there 2 pipes the whole way from the engine or one pipe & a dual outlet
muffler??

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Old December 24th 04, 11:58 PM
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pater wrote:
> Is not the t model an MG from the fifties or late forties ?? Never seen
> a heat riser on an MG from modern days so I doubt if yours has one. Are
> there 2 pipes the whole way from the engine or one pipe & a dual outlet
> muffler??
>

This may sound stupid, but I wonder if this guy has one of those cheesey
MG kits cars with a VW engine.

Larry
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Old December 25th 04, 01:30 PM
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Not so stupid, on here, always a possibility, but doubt that a standard
bug muffler could do what he says it's doing.

 




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