nightmare putting cat by-pass pipes on

[Anees786]

I'm having trouble putting my cat by pass pipes on any one got the proffresional way of doing it ?

[Greg_S]

It shouldnt cause too many problems. 12 nuts and bolts and the two that support the cats then the cats should come off. Is yours a 3B or ABY since the exhausts are different on each.

[Anees786]

Mines ABY went to loads of exhaust garages they were all a bit confused, they were asking me why do i want to take my cats off do i need to replace the gaskets and where do i get them from and how much am i looking for 4 gaskets

[Greg_S]

from what I remember from my standard exhaust, you dont have gaskets but a metal o ring between the two parts instead. Where abouts are you based?

[Anees786]

Im based in bedfordshire

[Greg_S]

cant see why it should be so much of a problem. You could try county tyres & exhausts in Biggleswade. I have used them before and there work has been spot on.

[Anees786]

I'm having trouble getting the gasket's i have tried german and swedish, and gpc no one stocks them. So looks like its gonna be vag parts. They wont be able to get the gasket out to me till tuesday

[sal_s2]

You might only need 2 metal o-rings which you can get from car spares or even kwik fit. Take your bypass pipes with you to make sure you get the correct size

[Anees786]

Thanks !!! didnt think of that

[Fat Audi 80]

As already stated it should be metal O rings for the bypass pipes. Mine were custom built in stainless and just "drop" out once you have undone all the bolts. I managed to do mine in 2 hours on my back without ramps.

Have you got all the bolts undone, what exactly is the problem you have?

Cheers,

Steve

[Greg_S]

Could be that he has 3B bypass pipes instead of ABY pipes maybe?

[Fat Audi 80]

Unless he was wrong when he said

Mines ABY went to loads of exhaust garages they were all a bit confused, they were asking me why do i want to take my cats off do i need to replace the gaskets and where do i get them from and how much am i looking for 4 gaskets

Cheers

Steve