4k downpipe question

[Huw Powell]

> You probabaly would want to get new downpipe nuts, and gasket ahead of
> time. And it wouldn't hurt to spray everything with some kind of rust
> solvent ahead of time (Although that will be hard if you don't have the
> subframe down). I was plesantly surprised, in that all the nuts undid,
> without skidding into round nuts. Your experience may differ... :-(

Again, the FWD EM to DP joint is so much closer to the engine that those
studs and nuts get a *lot* hotter and may show worse signs of age.

-- 
Huw Powell

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