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Re: Starla and Bosal replacement exhaust components - quality?
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Posted by Dave The Ice Age Knave [Email] (#2068) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Dave The Ice Age Knave) on Sun, 3 Nov 2019 17:11:44 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Starla and Bosal replacement exhaust components - quality?, three_jeeps, Sun, 3 Nov 2019 08:31:48
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If you are not in the rust belt, I don't think it would matter whether you bought Bosal or Starla (walker). I purchased a Starla muffler and intermediate pipe with resonator from E-euro. The muffler failed badly after only 3 winters. Thought E-euro parts for life would come up to the plate so I called them. Non-starter. They don't sell mufflers or pipes anymore and yada yada yada so came up M/T handed on that. The muffler was made in France and the reson/pipe in Germany. The German part is holding up better and is not leaking. The French-made part is a write-off that not even it's mother would love. So IMHO, country of origin talks. If you only need the pipe, go with German starla. If you need the muffler, take a chance on Bosal although doing the mix n match with 2 could cause some grief. As a sidebar, I just finished drilling a 1/8 in hole in the lowest spot of the rusty muffer on our 2006 9-5 Gripen Interceptor (formally called Dame Edna). This might be the solution for extending life on aluminized steel exhaust components like the Starla and Bosal are. Call me an infidel, barbarian or even a knave but I am going to see if any acidic fluid drains out from a cold warmup. Mr. Three Jeeps, if you have a wrangler, check your muffler. My son's oe muffler has a small hole in it to drain condensate. No sure if the PO put that in since it was bought used but it got me thinking. Over and out. Have a nice day. PS if anyone supports the theoretical notion of drilling a 1/8 in drainage hole in a muffler, like this post.


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