Pre-cat. . . . . REMOVED!

[acko2204]

Removed my pre-cat this morning, let’s just say yeah it’s a easy job on paper
But if anything goes wrong which it has for me! Then the job can quickly escalate out of control especially when car is only on axle stands.worst nightmare as I had the stud hardest to get at snap on me 😡
Thought no problem I’ll remove downpipe & carry on & try and remove stud, nope it was stuck like a ‘mo fo’
I’ve put everything back together and everything tightened up minus the one nut, car sounds same( but deeper tone) so don’t know whether this is good enough.

Just priced studs up at VW and £1.46 inc VAT each..part nu N 044 520 3
So it’s maybe off to a local Indy & have job re done & get them to remove all studs & put new ones on turbo manifold then refit downpipe..grrrr

[acko2204]

Failing that it may be Turbo off aswell & more pound notes..why o why do I attempt these jobs 

[GTI DAZ]

anyone know the part no. for the gasket and for the nuts?

[f00glee]

anyone know the part no. for the gasket and for the nuts?

1K0 253 115 AB & N10286108 I believe. Please do check for yourself but I think this is right. I can dig my TPS receipt out later if you want confirmation 

[GTI DAZ]

Thanks @f00glee , cant seem to find them on the website

[pudding]

Yeah do check.  I used internet part no.s for these and got the smaller manifold nuts instead of the much bigger turbo flange nuts 

[GTI DAZ]

Yeah do check.  I used internet part no.s for these and got the smaller manifold nuts instead of the much bigger turbo flange nuts 

N10286108 - https://www.urotuning.com/Turbo-to-Downpipe-Self-Locking-Nut-M10-p/n10286108.htm

[GTI DAZ]

@f00glee , @Pudding ,

spoke to VW Letchworth they confirmed that...

1k0253115AB, turbo / cat gasket £8.35 (1 Required)
N10286108 (turbo / cat nut M10 self locking) £1.14 (4 Required)

total cost £12.91 ( price Jan 2018, inc VAT)

[pudding]

Cool, the numbers haven't changed then