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Scandalous

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Registered: 23rd Jul 03
Location: Luton-Drives BMW 330Ci Coupe
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28th Apr 04 at 10:40

lol i didnt realise either mate! chewy told me, i had no idea! I prob wont keep the car for 3 years, but it will be ok for now I hope!

Scandalous

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28th Apr 04 at 14:52

I have just spoken with technical at vx...the cat is situated in the front pipe for the 1.4 NOT centre silencer so I think Im ok lol!!

Paul H

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28th Apr 04 at 15:18

the exhaust only has 2 box's the front box which is the cat and the backbox

Scandalous

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28th Apr 04 at 15:34

lol I know it has 2 box's but its not situated in the box itself but in the front pipe.

4x4Chris

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28th Apr 04 at 15:40

All petrol corsa C's have the cat on the manifold. They also have two lambda sensors so if you remove the cat a fault is flagged.(one before cat, one after)

Paul H

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28th Apr 04 at 15:44

here is a page from the haynes manual it clearly shows the cat in the front box

[Edited on 28-04-2004 by chewbaccaman]

Red_SXi

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28th Apr 04 at 15:47

I'll have a look at it for you on saturday when your car comes to mine mate

Scandalous

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28th Apr 04 at 15:49

cheers red. Chewy my car is 2004 model year, are u sure this is still applicable to 2004?

Doug_SRi

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Location: Aberdeen. Drives: Stage 2 Astra VXR and Nova
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28th Apr 04 at 16:12

just had a look on my face lift 1.4 sri and the cat is just below the manifold between the engine and the radiator. looks the same as my old 1.2 sxi

4x4Chris

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28th Apr 04 at 16:18

quote:
Originally posted by chewbaccaman
here is a page from the haynes manual it clearly shows the cat in the front box

[Edited on 28-04-2004 by chewbaccaman]

Good old Haynes, the engine pics on the same page are of a 8valve engine?

The diagram of the exhaust is right, the labeling is wrong.

Scandalous

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28th Apr 04 at 16:19

Doug-is urs def not in centre silncer then mate?

Red_SXi

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28th Apr 04 at 16:25

Doug is yours a twinport?

Doug_SRi

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28th Apr 04 at 16:27

quote:
Originally posted by Red_Sxi
Doug is yours a twinport?

yeah its a twin port, system looks exactly the same as my old corsa one

DODG-E

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28th Apr 04 at 17:06

thats weird i had my centre box removed about a yr ago, and today i got a small pipecraft centre box, its still loud and souds proper beefy but dont humm thru the car like it did, and u can talk with the windows down lol

had sxi

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Registered: 19th Oct 02
Location: West Sussex Drives : Silver Corsa C SXi
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28th Apr 04 at 18:36

im thinking about doing that aswell now mate! does it sound better with the centre silencer back in coz at the mo mine is so loud u cant talk to the person next 2 u on a motorway and also rasps quite a bit!

Paul H

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28th Apr 04 at 19:51

quote:
Originally posted by 4x4Chris

quote:
Originally posted by chewbaccaman
here is a page from the haynes manual it clearly shows the cat in the front box

[Edited on 28-04-2004 by chewbaccaman]

Good old Haynes, the engine pics on the same page are of a 8valve engine?

The diagram of the exhaust is right, the labeling is wrong.

yeah see what you mean mate that's all wrong i'm gonna take it back

Noonster

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28th Apr 04 at 19:57

quote:
Originally posted by chewbaccaman

quote:
Originally posted by GoldPenguin
the CAT is closer to the engine. not anywhere near the centre box????
wrong only on 1.0 and 1.2 on the 1.4 it's the centre box