Stupid idea or not?

[Doobedoo]

Quick question how hot does a tdi exhaust get?

Basically the sleeve joiner on my exhaust has failed causing the pipes to have excessive movement which means it’s knocking on a support brace. Not the end of the world as it still drives ok and I’ll have a new sleeve to go on it but not til next weekend.

Ive had a idea to temporarily bodge it using an old 2 post lift pad as a wedge/support between the exhaust pipe and the support brace. I was briefly ecstatic at my ingenious bodge until it quickly dawned on me that this may not be the greatest idea in the world.

What do you think?

 

[paradigm]

Hot. Hotter than petrols usually, as the combustion chamber is hotter.

 

[Doobedoo]

Yep what I thought not a good idea.

Ive got someone picking up the new sleeve so I’ll just do it properly

 

[GeX]

Hot. Hotter than petrols usually, as the combustion chamber is hotter.

I thought EGT was lower on diesels. Based on research when looking up what turbo to use, and that one from a diesel may not be suitable as it's expecting lower temperature