4kq downpipe question

[chris franz]

Thanks for the advice.   I'm curious, can you use the same technique for the 
installation too?    Sounds like it's going to be a juggling act with those 
bolts and trying to hold the downpipe in place.

~Chris
86 4kcsq


>From: "Roa, Greg" <groa at Cinergy.com>
>To: "'quattro at audifans.com'" <quattro at audifans.com>,        
>"'cr4ck3r at hotmail.com'" <cr4ck3r at hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: 4kq downpipe question
>Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 08:40:33 -0400
>
>I found a terribly easy way to do this while doing a clutch job on my 4kq.
>I had the car up on a lift, so I was cheating a little...  Take a long
>extension bar ~2 feet long, and put it on a swivel socket.  Impact swivel
>sockets work best, but they are $$$$$.  If you fish the socket on up past
>the catalytic converter to the downpipe bolts, you shouldn't have a 
>problem.
>There are 4 or five bolts, one of which is rather hard to see.  Other than
>that, you need to disconnect the catalytic converter from the downpipe, and
>the exhaust sampling tube.  Do those before pulling the downpipe from the
>exhaust manifold though.
>Oh, and use some penetrating oil on the bolts before you start, just to 
>make
>it a bit easier.  Shouldn't take very long at all.
>Good luck!
>
>Greg Roa
>Cincinnati, OH
>86' 4kcsq
>93' 90 CS
>83' 944
>
>
> >Hey all,
> >   I finally pin pointed the whisping sound coming from my 86 4k.   I was
>so
> >afraid that it was the head (it over heated a week ago) but I found a 
>crack
>
> >on my downpipe.    I was looking through the Bentley on the best way to
> >remove this but it doesn't say.    My question is how hard is it to 
>replace
>
> >a downpipe?    Is it strait forward?   It sure doesn't look like it is.
> >What am I going to have to move to get at this thing?
> >~Chris
> >86 4kcsq

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