Resonator for Suzuki Vehicles

Suzuki's current local range is petrol, so exhaust work here is about catalytic converters and lambda sensors rather than the DPF systems that dominate the diesel marques. Cylinder count is the thing people get wrong: most of the range is a three- or four-cylinder with a single system, but the older Grand Vitara was also sold here as a V6, and a V6 is a different exhaust layout entirely from the manifolds back. The naturally aspirated and turbocharged Vitara derivatives differ from each other too, and the rear-drive Super Carry and Eeco are routed unlike anything else. In practice the decision in front of you is whether the section that has failed can be replaced on its own or whether corrosion has already taken the neighbouring joints with it.

The derivative — on a Vitara whether it is the 1.6 or the 1.4 turbo, and on an older Grand Vitara whether it is a four-cylinder or a V6. With that we can usually confirm the right part quickly, and we'll tell you whether we're quoting new, aftermarket or good used rather than leaving you to guess.

You can, and plenty of people do because it seems like the cheap answer. What you get is drone — a constant, fatiguing boom at cruising speed that is far worse on a long trip than most people expect. If you drive any distance on the N-roads, put the resonator back.

A silencer works broadly, using chambers and perforated tubes to knock down overall noise. A resonator is narrow and deliberate: it is sized so that sound reflecting inside it arrives back out of phase with one specific frequency and cancels it. That is why removing it makes one particular note much worse rather than making everything louder.

Burning petrol produces water, and on a short trip the exhaust never gets hot enough to boil that condensate out. It sits in the low points of the system overnight, mixed with acidic combustion products. Cars used only for short school runs and shopping trips rot exhausts far faster than cars that do a weekly long run.

Only if you can see it in person and check it properly, because rust starts inside where you cannot see it. Tap it along its length and listen for a dull thud instead of a ring, and look hard at the seams and the pipe stubs where it will be welded.

Exhaust sections vary by engine size, body shape and model year even within one nameplate, and pipe diameter and hanger positions have to match. Tell us the model year and body shape through the quote form, along with the engine size, and we will work out which section you actually need.