its been on the car all that time and given no probs , not even a hint of a blow from the exhaust , all bolts still tight , was put on with new ford gaskets at the time , i'd see the point if it was blowing and i left it and kept using it then i woukld expect some sort of failure
but virtualy no warning the bang , looking at the turbo now aswell as i think a part has went in there which makes matters even worse now
its hard to see properly in the pics but its been melting from the back end
and if that was something to do with engine it would have done all 4 and not just number 1
thanks for the reply's anyway

john