"bhaiX@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <bhai@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Serious question here - how can a Stainless Steel muffer/exhaust
>> system ever rust or corrode out? It should be good not only for the
>> life of the car, but for several hundred years more.
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>Well the problem is not the SS muffler, its in perfect shape, but the
>main problem with 5ht gen maximas is at the flange. The flange is not
>SS, so it rusts and separates. I couldnt get anyone around her to weld
>it back in place. Hence had to get it replaced with an aft market one.
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Thanks,,that makes sense - though it doesn't make any sense that
Nissan didn't make the flange out of S Stl to,,,??
Welding to St Stl is very difficult to do - problem being you get
"chrome depletion" at the joint, which makes it very brittle, and very
corrosion prone.
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