hey all, at about 300 miles on my brand new 21 P1k5-d, the little bird started in the exhaust. after enough "dad what's that noise?" questions from my kids, i'm motivated to kill the bird once and for all!
i've read just about every post on this forum about the repair and ordered some graphite exhaust tape to wrap the front pipe with at the joint. going to try that first - others posted anti-seize (not sure what that even is) - i assume some sort of high-temp grease?
others mentioned installing 1-3/4" clamp with some automotive style clamp to keep the movement down. so questions are:
1. where do i get this clamp?
2. where do i install it exactly? some posts mention installing it on the "over the metal ring on the front half of the exhaust". not sure if that's a P700 thing but I don't see where it could go on mine. (pic of the front/rear exhaust joint (front to the right) - just so i dont get any "it didnt happen" comments 😂 )
There was another post (i can't find it now) where someone said to do the following - i might try this while the graphite tape is in transit:
1. drive until the chirp starts
2. loosen the exhaust clamp
3. drive a little more until chirp is gone
4. stop and retighten the bolts
5. drive some more
6. repeat 1-4 above only if the chirp returns
(the post mentioned something about front clamp bolt and rear clamp bolt - not sure where another one is)
Any comments/answers/experience/jokes appreciated! Thanks all!
i've read just about every post on this forum about the repair and ordered some graphite exhaust tape to wrap the front pipe with at the joint. going to try that first - others posted anti-seize (not sure what that even is) - i assume some sort of high-temp grease?
others mentioned installing 1-3/4" clamp with some automotive style clamp to keep the movement down. so questions are:
1. where do i get this clamp?
2. where do i install it exactly? some posts mention installing it on the "over the metal ring on the front half of the exhaust". not sure if that's a P700 thing but I don't see where it could go on mine. (pic of the front/rear exhaust joint (front to the right) - just so i dont get any "it didnt happen" comments 😂 )
There was another post (i can't find it now) where someone said to do the following - i might try this while the graphite tape is in transit:
1. drive until the chirp starts
2. loosen the exhaust clamp
3. drive a little more until chirp is gone
4. stop and retighten the bolts
5. drive some more
6. repeat 1-4 above only if the chirp returns
(the post mentioned something about front clamp bolt and rear clamp bolt - not sure where another one is)
Any comments/answers/experience/jokes appreciated! Thanks all!
