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Right, having just got inside after rolling around in the dark, mud, rain & wind underneith my Transit fitting a new exhaust section, I felt a poll was required.

I fitted a new section from manifold to centre section, the manifold gasket was just fine to reuse, the centre gasket fell to pieces.

Now, it was 9pm, i've no gasket & no Gun Gum or similar pastes, so, enter the back of the van and got out the silicone sealant gun and after cleaning up the faces of the flanges ( ) i siliconed the bastard together and bolted it up.

Question, is how long will it last?

Last option, obviously, especially if you take in some mild off - roading to supply a protective mud case to your handiwork

Not as long as the Turkey, Rog.

Get a nice coating of Salisbury Plains finest on there, that's a good idea It'll add to the rest to hide all the other horrors under there

The turkey will about 5 minutes in my house Rob, i'm guessing you're suggesting it won't last much longer that........ we'll see.......you could be right

Diable.....well...... you know what you can do

Was forgetting you had an extra mouth to feed now mate.

Sillicone is holding together 99% of all new builds, your van will be fine.

PS, there was a moosh on the box picking Apples for Cider last night, you and him must have been separated at birth.

You are so right Chris, i re-tiled a bathroom earlier in the year and discovered the bathroom/bedroom wall was no more that 3 layers of plasterboard siliconed together, no studwork, nothing

Silicone is related to cockroaches. It'll last longer than us

It will probably last ages Rog, i voted until next MOT.
It does depend when the next MOT is though

leeparkes wrote:It will probably last ages Rog, i voted until next MOT.
It does depend when the next MOT is though

This Friday.......... no, just kidding, end of October 2014 That's what I've voted for too!

Mind, I do hate silicone, like Fi says, it'll last forever, at least it seems too where i've found people have used it to seal all manners of cracks in walls etc

Normal Silicone won't last Rog.
High temp stuff will , what's used on the boiler flues

I'll have to have a look to see which one i've used then Rav, probably a sh1t one infact i'm doing my books right now, the invoice says General Purpose Silicone - Black, probably is shite then

Good for 1000 degrees C

Probably not heat proof

That stuffs dearer than exhaust paste captain!

Mine cost £1.79 plus VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

if it's not too close to the front downpipe the joints will carbon up and form a good seal

am i right in thinking your MK5 has the superb "Banana" 2.5 donk ? if so the 50bhp won't blow silicone out of the joints

Ha Ha... yep, Banana Transit it is, and you could be right, it's not what one would describe as a powerful mill! Reliable, yes, powerful, oh no!

I would get it swapped out asap regardless of if it holds. You take your kids in it don't you? A leaking exhaust under the cab isn't the smartest thing in the world to be exposing them to

C'mon Ross, it's all in jest, i'm not a complete nutter.......it needs a 50p gasket, i'm not that tight! Mind, if it doesn't blow......

Any flange pics ? Gert asked

DanThe wrote:That stuffs dearer than exhaust paste captain!

Chawed off a site, innit

I'll post up a ripped open rusty flange shot for you later Sir...

DanThe wrote:That stuffs dearer than exhaust paste captain!

It's about $4 a tube from the local plumbers Dan, so not that expensive at all.

All the big DIY stores sell Silicone at more than that.

Rav335uk wrote:

DanThe wrote:That stuffs dearer than exhaust paste captain!

It's about $4 a tube from the local plumbers Dan, so not that expensive at all.

All the big DIY stores sell Silicone at more than that.

To right they do, 8 or 9 quid a throw And for weekend DIY dad, "easy" to use gunless silicone, which is best part of 12 quid!

Jesus325iTouring wrote:Mine cost £1.79 plus VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

pound ripped you off, the coonts!! Where are the flange pics?

Here you go, one for the sub-normal brigade, me attempting to fist a filthy rusty old flange........

You need to work your fingers in first

I was going for the prison style entry

Ah the Pete technique!

Nah, he would have stuffed it full of left-over pizza crust, mixed with half-chewed Werther's, for a proper job.

He'll be all a fluster when he see's such barbaric caressing

^^^^^LOL^^^^^^^