4kq downpipe question

[Roa, Greg]

Sure.  I used a helper though, since I had the car up on a lift.  It is a
lot easier than you would think (although still not terribly easy), because
the downpipe is attached by studs.  So, put the downpipe on the studs, then
put the bolts on.  I'd try to find someone around to hold the downpipe from
above while you're putting the bolts on though....  They don't feel good
when they hit you in the head.
Good Luck!

Greg Roa
86' 4kcsq
93' 90 CS
83' 944


-----Original Message-----
From: chris franz [mailto:cr4ck3r at hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 4:21 PM
To: groa at Cinergy.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: RE: 4kq downpipe question


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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