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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: swordfish on 15 November 2014, 08:57:47

Title: cat pipe replacement
Post by: swordfish on 15 November 2014, 08:57:47

anybody ever had any probs with removing the cat pipes from the exhaust manifolds , ie studs snapping ect   

Title: Re: cat pipe replacement
Post by: TheBoy on 15 November 2014, 09:02:25

Usually reasonably problem free. Sometime they come out better if pipes are hot, sometimes cold.

Title: Re: cat pipe replacement
Post by: terry paget on 15 November 2014, 10:12:27

Nuts are 16mm, plug spanner size, best to use a full hexagon socket, not a 'corners only' socket. If they do not turn on modest applied torque I apply heat to release the rust.

Title: Re: cat pipe replacement
Post by: Webby the Bear on 15 November 2014, 11:23:27

use a spark plug socket (single hex- 16mm) with a breaker bar with an extension