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change Catalytic converter

  • 08-04-2012 04:54PM
    #1
    anto2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭


    how to change Catalytic converter on a seat cordoba is i easy enough?


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Bolts will more than likely require more than gentle encouragement, a ramp would be ideal. Jacked on the drive at home it's not a pleasant task.


  • #3
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Bolts will more than likely require more than gentle encouragement, a ramp would be ideal. Jacked on the drive at home it's not a pleasant task.

    Amen!
    I did once change the cat on the GF's MX5. Having the car on jacks and stands and crawling underneath is not pleasant at the best of times, but removing the exhaust system, cutting it up, welding it at a friends place and then discovering it is ever so slightly skewed led to a screaming nightmare wrestling it back into place.
    Plus it was sub-zero, so those rubber rings where unwieldy to say the least.
    I still wake up bathed in sweat at 3 am sometimes.:)
    So, cat at home in the drive with a jack and a few stands, not for the faint hearted!
    And I just heard one guy I knew who had a scrap yard got killed recently when the car he was under fell on him.
    You gotta know what you're doing!


  • #4
    taintabird
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 347 ✭✭taintabird


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Amen!
    I did once change the cat on the GF's MX5. Having the car on jacks and stands and crawling underneath is not pleasant at the best of times, but removing the exhaust system, cutting it up, welding it at a friends place and then discovering it is ever so slightly skewed led to a screaming nightmare wrestling it back into place.
    Plus it was sub-zero, so those rubber rings where unwieldy to say the least.
    I still wake up bathed in sweat at 3 am sometimes.:)
    So, cat at home in the drive with a jack and a few stands, not for the faint hearted!
    And I just heard one guy I knew who had a scrap yard got killed recently when the car he was under fell on him.
    You gotta know what you're doing!

    Some of them can be ignorant enough even when you have them on a lift, I would dread the thought of doing one on the ground on stands


  • #5
    YouTookMyName
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,361 ✭✭✭YouTookMyName


    anto2009 wrote: »
    how to change Catalytic converter on a seat cordoba is i easy enough?

    Yep very easy, drive to your nearest mechanic and ask him how much to do it.

    Pig of a job when the cars on the ground.


  • #6
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    anto2009 wrote: »
    how to change Catalytic converter on a seat cordoba is i easy enough?


    What model and engine?


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  • #7
    anto2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭anto2009


    all good car passed emmisions :) turned out there was no sealent on the gasket when my brother too it off :)


  • #8
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    anto2009 wrote: »
    all good car passed emmisions :) turned out there was no sealent on the gasket when my brother too it off :)

    So, did you put the original cat back in? Was it just the sealant?


  • #9
    anto2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭anto2009


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    So, did you put the original cat back in? Was it just the sealant?

    yep put original cat back on and passed emmisions 2day 0.00 vol%


  • #10
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    anto2009 wrote: »
    yep put original cat back on and passed emmisions 2day 0.00 vol%

    Well that's a good result, and a surprisingly painless one.
    So Boards Motoring Top Tip: Check the sealant before ripping out the cat and replacing it!
    I'm sure a lot of people have them replaced needlessly.
    Well wear.


  • #11
    anto2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭anto2009


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Well that's a good result, and a surprisingly painless one.
    So Boards Motoring Top Tip: Check the sealant before ripping out the cat and replacing it!
    I'm sure a lot of people have them replaced needlessly.
    Well wear.


    :) but it failed on cv boots :(


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