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In maintenance phase
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 806
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I just installed a good used set. My old ones had perfect heater boxes, but the pipes were all pitted, and several of the pits had become pinholes. They needed to go.
The new set i got (from Steve911T) has flawless pipes, but has a small rust through on the bottom of the heater box. They were installed on a forgotten motor that was sitting on the ground. The rusty spot was actually in contact with the ground for many years. The pipes inside are rust free. I'm going to give my old heat exchangers and the new ones to a muffler shop and have them do some welding magic and make me one good set.
SSIs, although amazing, cost as much as shipping the car!
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Originally Posted by herman maire
Bite the bullet and get new SSI heater boxes, exhaust fumes in the heater system aint cool. The originals have done more than there time if there rusty.
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1969 911T (Getting a 72E heart transplant)
2004 Volvo XC70
Gone, but not forgotten:1971 Bug, 1978 Bus, 1982 Westy, 1996 GTi, 2000 Audi A4 2.8, 2001 Jetta Wolfsburg 1.8T, 2002 Audi allroad 2.7T, 2010 Jetta SportWagen TDi, and a couple of short lived 914s.
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