| Flex Joint Failure on the
1994-1996 Toyota Camry I dissected the failed flex joint on my 1996 Camry to see what failed. Click any picture to Zoom in. |
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| Figure 1. Close up of the failed flex joint. Notice the fine gauge wires are just worn out and starting to break. |
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| Figure 2. Close up of the failed wire mesh. |
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| Figure 3. Cut away view of what's under the mesh. A flexible accordion like pipe. This inside pipe most likely failed too. |
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| Figure 4. A look inside reveals yet another wire mesh. |
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| Figure 5. A better view of the wire mesh. |
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| Comments. | As you can see the Toyota Pipe has three layers of
protection. All three layers have to fail before the pipe starts to leak.
I got about 96,000 miles out of my pipe before it failed.
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