Basic Downpipe Techie advise

[oz *sti*]

Hi all,

Getting a new decat downpipe and am wanting to just fit it myself as it does not look hard at all, a few first first before I jump in and do some thing wrong,

First with the car up on axle stands will this give me enough room to get out the old one and get in the new downpipe? Am I right in thinking it's just a cased of taking the bolts etc that attach's to the turbo undo the supporting brackets on the downpipe and undo the two bolts joining onto the center section unclip the EGT sensor, when it comes to the Lambda sensor is it just a case of unclip and then unscrew the lamba and then just screw it into the new downpipe was not sure if there was any order when taking of the lambda sensor?? 

Thanks in advance

Oz.

[M555RAE]

Hi Oz,

With the car on axle stands you will be able to get the job done it just
not  that comfy,  as for the sensor its just a case of unclip and
unscrew and re-fit remember to use thread seal and gasket seal  to
prevent  leaks but you will  know that. Job will take about 30min's
if that.



Get someone you don't like to check to see if the exhaust is not hot before you
start



Regards,

Phil.

[john mac]

One obvious tip is to soak all the nuts and studs with WD 40 , pretty straight forward job as long as theres no seized nuts,and a set of ratchet spanners come in very handy .(iirc)!![]

[oz *sti*]

thanks for the advice guys.

[dipsy]

Give the studs a soak with wd40 when it warm helps aswell i did that before i took it awd for a downpipe on the classic i had .I saw them remove the lower half of turbo heat shield when refitting heat shield