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Heres the vent pod done for my wideband gauge
Slightly rough edges but these wont be seen once its actually fitted to the car
Will fit it this weekend when the boss has been welded to my downpipe
very nice mate good work
Got the exhaust and downpipe today but disaster struck
3 of the 4 downpipe studs have snapped
Soaked in WD40 till tomorrow where im hoping mould grips will allow me to turn them out
If that doesnt work then the turbo will have to come off
When i fitted the k03s the standard nuts and studs came off fairly easy after being soaked
These studs are only 6months old as they were fitted brand new when i put the k03s on
I officialy hate the downpipes on these cars!!!
3 of the 4 downpipe studs have snapped
Soaked in WD40 till tomorrow where im hoping mould grips will allow me to turn them out
If that doesnt work then the turbo will have to come off
When i fitted the k03s the standard nuts and studs came off fairly easy after being soaked
These studs are only 6months old as they were fitted brand new when i put the k03s on
I officialy hate the downpipes on these cars!!!
They are a complete biatch Berg I spent about 5 hours undoing the 4 nuts . I'd say best bet would probs be to get a nut splitter and try and split the nuts, I have loads spare if you need some, all OEM
I spent about 5 hours undoing the 4 nuts . I'd say best bet would probs be to get a nut splitter and try and split the nuts, I have loads spare if you need some, all OEM They are a complete biatch Berg
All the nuts are actually off mate as the studs snapped clean off on 3 of them, the 4th came off easily.
The nuts look like they have warped as they are odd shaped, might explain them not coming off?
Just got to get the (half) studs out the turbo now
I do need to get some new nuts and studs though, the dealer wants nearly 8 quid for just 1 nut!!
If you want a few get on to David @ SERE, he'll provide you with a bag of 20 DP nuts for a good price. That's what I have. Think I may have the studs too actually....
Yer i got them from Sere when i fitted the k03s, not sure weathr to get them from online due to bank holiday delays.
I hate going without my car lol
Might have no choice though tbh, the boss is being welded Tuesday so its off the road till next weekend now so ill give David a pm.
Unless you any nuts and studs going for a decent price
I hate going without my car lol
Might have no choice though tbh, the boss is being welded Tuesday so its off the road till next weekend now so ill give David a pm.
Unless you any nuts and studs going for a decent price
I will have to see to make sure I have them first, or more to the point where they are. I'm happy to send a few in the post mate, no charge 4 of each yeah?
4 of each yeah?I will have to see to make sure I have them first, or more to the point where they are. I'm happy to send a few in the post mate, no charge
That would be great if you have some mate
4 of each yer, let me know if you do otherwise ill get onto Sere and get some ordered
Cheers
Ahh bad luck mate, when I took mine off the studs actually unscrewed out the turbo lol
There so expensive because they are have a special locking thread like a nyloc but obviously nylon would melt at the temps.
There so expensive because they are have a special locking thread like a nyloc but obviously nylon would melt at the temps.
Yer that happened when i removed the old k03 and standard dp lol
Hoping they will come out or turbo removal it is
I will check in a bit for you Berg
Thanks mate, just thought Sere do their bank holidays as Mon & Tues might be pushed to get them for next weekend so ill have to get them from local Seat garage if you havent got any.
Check your PM I have some nuts and studs here for you I believe... Can you remember if the nuts were quite hard to get on the studs? Nuts almost seem to be out of round :-/ maybe that's the nyloc equivilent James was saying about
Check your PM I have some nuts and studs here for you I believe... Can you remember if the nuts were quite hard to get on the studs? Nuts almost seem to be out of round :-/ maybe that's the nyloc equivilent James was saying about
Dropped you a text mate
Everything that could have gone wrong has this weekend!
Managed to get 1 snapped stud out of the turbo, the other 2 are proving difficult and i think the turbo is going to have to come off
Today i had the boss welded onto the downpipe all went well but the thread has been stripped on the boss
Not sure if he spilt weld on and tried screwing something in there but i need to get the hole re-threaded now.
Not a major issue though, and he didnt charge me at all to weld the boss on either.
Just puts more delays on things!
On another not, ive noticed where the gear lines run under the heatshield the rubber casing round them have very badly melted, theres melted rubber everywhere.
Is it worth heat wrapping the dp while its off the car?
Managed to get 1 snapped stud out of the turbo, the other 2 are proving difficult and i think the turbo is going to have to come off
Today i had the boss welded onto the downpipe all went well but the thread has been stripped on the boss
Not sure if he spilt weld on and tried screwing something in there but i need to get the hole re-threaded now.
Not a major issue though, and he didnt charge me at all to weld the boss on either.
Just puts more delays on things!
On another not, ive noticed where the gear lines run under the heatshield the rubber casing round them have very badly melted, theres melted rubber everywhere.
Is it worth heat wrapping the dp while its off the car?
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Same with mine, literally so bad the linkages seized! Heatwrap the exhaust and the linkages! Well worth doing.
Luckyily that hasnt happened on mine yet!
Got some heatwrap and ties on order, ill do the downpipe and linkages before i fit it then
Luckyily that hasnt happened on mine yet!
Got some heatwrap and ties on order, ill do the downpipe and linkages before i fit it then
It gets pretty mucky under there with melted rubber
. I wrapped the linkages individually and used cable ties for those, then wrap the exhaust and use the metal ties that are supplied, they're good. I would off you some of that too but I need it when going BT, everything's going to have to be wrapped lol.It gets pretty mucky under there with melted rubber
Yer probably what ill do tbh
Haha the heat coming off a gt30 i can imagine having to wrap everything lol
Ive ordered it now 20m with 15 metal ties
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