Decat

May 25, 2006

hello all i am change my air con pump the weekend (just had it degassed) as the pump is very noise! Been wanting to do a decat for a while now just woundered if it was easyer with the air con pump out of the way coz i have heard that all the bolts snap when removing the old cat????!? if it makes it easyer to do will change the catat the same time then i wont have to mess about taking it all off again

thanks for any feed back

May 26, 2006

Definately useful if yoyu can get the aircon pump out of the way. (Also the rads) You have to use a variety of tool, Extensions etc. so room is at a premium. Bit of a tip for you. Invest in a good quality 14mm half moon ring spanner, if you haven`t got one already. :thumbsup:

May 29, 2006

ok thanks for that got all the tools already just got to do it now want to try and do it with out snapping the bolts if i can but will have to wait and see i guess

May 29, 2006

ok thanks for that got all the tools already just got to do it now want to try and do it with out snapping the bolts if i can but will have to wait and see i guess

You`ll be very lucky if you don`t shear at least one. :yes: Plenty of penetrating fluid for a couple of days beforehand should help. :yes: Good luck. :thumbsup: