Exhaust Moisture Drain Hole (Fiesta Mk7)

[martin083]

I noticed a trail of fluid coming from car and looked under car there was a drip due to mobility couldnt get under so phoned RAC they said was small crack at front of rear silancer but coz still under 3 year dealer would have to sort it out so anyway gets it booked in for the day and takes in this morning gets a call back to say nothing wrong with it an cant find no crack but that theres a drain hole on the exhaust NEW ONE ON ME so anyway done nout to it and i got it back now.

Any1 hear of that one b4 let us know B)

martin083

good work on new site lay out very nice

[DONFRAMAC]

I noticed a trail of fluid coming from car and looked under car there was a drip due to mobility couldnt get under so phoned RAC they said was small crack at front of rear silancer but coz still under 3 year dealer would have to sort it out so anyway gets it booked in for the day and takes in this morning gets a call back to say nothing wrong with it an cant find no crack but that theres a drain hole on the exhaust NEW ONE ON ME so anyway done nout to it and i got it back now.

Any1 hear of that one b4 let us know B)

martin083

good work on new site lay out very nice

My '58 Mk 6.5 Fiesta has this as standard, and it can cause a "bobbling" noise on the overrun, which a lot of people like. I recall the Rover P6 had this feature, to get rid of acidic condensate from the rear 'box. Other "DIY" types drilled a hole themselves, and fitted a self-tapping screw for the MoT, then removed it.

[AndrewL]

You learn something new every day - I'd never heard of an exhaust drain hole either. Found this (http://www.bosal.co.uk/Portals/9/Local/Docs/AM01_Drain_Hole.pdf) which is pretty interesting.

[R-head]

I'd never even thought of searching for a 'drain hole' on the forum when I found my exhaust leaking,I'd never heard of that either?

Good job I took a picture of it, sent it to the dealer and said my exhaust is leaking. They had my car in today to look at it phoned me back and said it's supposed to be there ........ guess they didn't look at the pic/know about it; would have saved my a journey or two :(

You learn something new every day - I'd never heard of an exhaust drain hole either. Found this (http://www.bosal.co.uk/Portals/9/Local/Docs/AM01_Drain_Hole.pdf) which is pretty interesting.