Permanent Exhaust Repair for £5.34! Easiest fix on YouTube!!

Saving yourself a fortune doesn't get easier than this - a 10 minute job to save yourself 200 quid! (the cost of a brand new exhaust mid section and back box) involving just one simple component and a smear of exhaust paste!

[@matdcooke]

Gun Gum - Not heard that name for a good while!!!

[@bigtalltim]

Still a thing!… showing my age there! 😂

[@gerrydepp8164]

That car would never get a warrant here in NZ - way too structurally rusty - unless it looks worse than is, but I thought I could see some big cracks? Interesting repair tho - I bet they sell a lot of those, I've never seen it here...I'm getting a V70 -05 cheap as it has a lot of codes (the ABS shutting down the engine?) and the local garages could not fix it. I'm retired MC mech not so up on the rolling computers they have now but my van was run into so I need a spare car. Which scan tool do you use/recommend? Is the iCarsoft v3 the best one for Volvo? I dont really want to spend too much before I know whether its worth fixing but you need a good one to fix it - catch22. Cheers for any advice you have mate!

[@bigtalltim]

Hi Gerry - it does look a lot worse than it is… structurally, there was one major failing in the last annual inspection - the front cross brace. I cut that out and welded a new one on - as you can imagine, the inspector then went boogaloo with the fine tooth comb looking for anything else, and had to concede that whilst it doesn’t look great (perhaps the understatement of the year!) it is structurally sound… I wouldn’t let my son drive it else! The exhaust also looks terrible, but is mostly surface rust. On the repair, these clamps are more common on motorcycle exhausts I believe (because of the low profile). On the diag computer, I have been very happy with the CR-max… versatile, easy to use, and pretty cheap. Thanks for watching!