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Originally Posted by jetnuno
Hi

​​​​​​can you elaborate more, please? There are some manufacturers that make aluminium pipes that are more prone to implode that ss. Also possible implosion would differ from straight to bifurcated

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Aluminum for primary pipe? It should be ok for secondary, but at the typical exhaust temps it will galvanize useless. Either that, or you have some really good air mixing going on in there. Even some chinese low quality steel pipes corrode (and cook) horribly, and prematurely.