Tailpipe
The tailpipe is the part of an exhaust that directs the exhaust gases from the rear silencer to the outside. It is often the only part of the exhaust system that is visible from the outside. Some rear silencers have two tailpipes; For the sake of optical symmetry, some vehicles have a transverse muffler and a tailpipe on the right and left rear corners of the vehicle.
When tuning the vehicle , the tailpipe is changed (e.g. chrome-plated), covered with a chrome cover, replaced with a tailpipe with a larger diameter and / or replaced with a Y-shaped tailpipe ("Y-shaped pipe"). In the past, such changes also served to change the engine noise (lower frequencies, louder noise); today there are narrower limits set by legal requirements.
In the meantime, many car manufacturers are starting to install exhaust covers on motor vehicles, although the exhaust does not even end at these covers. The Chinese brand Yema is even installing such covers on the EC60 electric car , even though electric vehicles do not need an exhaust pipe. These panels are used for optics only.
Variations
The tailpipe can point in different directions:
- In sports cars, the tailpipe usually points straight back through a recess in the rear of the car.
- In diesel vehicles, the tailpipe (s) are usually curved downwards.
- In older cars (e.g. the Golf I), the tailpipe points to the side in an S-shape.
- Most tractors and some trucks have the tailpipe pointing straight up.
Double tailpipe
- Duplex tailpipe describes an exhaust system that is mounted on both sides in a symmetrical arrangement.
- The so-called Fake -Endrohr a tail pipe is not at the end silencer connected; it's just a dummy .
literature
- Hans-Hermann Braess, Ulrich Seiffert: Vieweg manual automotive technology. 2nd edition, Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-528-13114-4
- Peter Gerigk, Detlev Bruhn, Dietmar Danner: Automotive engineering. 3rd edition, Westermann Schulbuchverlag GmbH, Braunschweig 2000, ISBN 3-14-221500-X