175 Cat / Turbo Replacement

Don't know about axle stands. The biggest problem is how hard the bolts will get loose. If they get loose fast is not a big deal. Start by removing the exhaust line under the car. Then it is easy.

S.

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Get them cherry red hot if you need to and then they'll come off! (The nuts that is).


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Any progress with this?

I tried today to remove the DPF on the drive.

I struggled. End result is I didn't succeed. What didn't help was a major hangover and freezing cold conditions but anyway;

I got the DPF mounts off which was fiddly enough. Then I asked to be able to get onto either of the actual DPF to flexi studs. Top one I couldn't even see/get my hand on. Tried going through the front but no joy.

I think disconnecting it from the rest of the exhaust may have allowed it to be wiggled but still looked tight.

Questions:

Do you have to remove the flexi with the DPF first?

Do you disconnect the sensors at the DPF or further forwards?

Again I couldn't see where they go due to the heat shield and DPF in the way

 

Yeah this image suggests it isn't.

Think my issue was compounded by leaving the heat shield in place



What does the manual state the procedure is? Basically?


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Thanks.
No it didn't work for me. Asks to join up with a fee. I can just see the first three pages.

Not to worry. End result is the same. It's still bloody on the car and my "working on the car credit time" has been used for the weekend and I'll now be dragged round somewhere mundane like next or the range or some other God awful place when I could be working on this! [emoji57]


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Thanks a lot for that!
Indeed it seems it comes off with the front flexi attached. Also the strut brace has to come off too!

Hmm!!


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So as I had the mapping booked for today I let them do the DPF.

They removed it from the cat at the flexi. Same as the book suggested not how it appears to have been done in the image above.

Anyway it's now blowing there as they didn't have a new gasket and "made one up" which probably means paste.

So I'm gonna get a proper gasket in there and hopefully it'll all be sorted.

Sensible power gains to 196bhp from 158bhp and torque to 304ftlbs


RS 175 Cup Lux

 

Yeah me too!
That's the one between the DPF and the flexi.
The garage removed mine as per the book and disconnected it at the flexi to the cat and didn't touch this joint. The gasket needed for this joint is a three stud triangular job

 

Thanks.
Turns out it's a sheared stud so is back with the garage to deal with.
Replaced two of the three studs with bolts and nuts and left the third sheared off.
[emoji57]


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Thanks. Think they were drilled and through bolted.
Not had chance to look but they apparently had a game with it. It's quiet now anyway.
Not sure about feeling much quicker though.
No EGR/DPF, +40bhp/+50lbsft and not much different.

It is helping to lock up the swivel bearing though I'm still yet to do!

[emoji57]


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