Method for replacing up-pipe

[Guest]

Hey guys,

I'm after the simplest way of removing the standard up-pipe as I need to replace mine due to a small leak its developed. Anything to make life easier for me as I'll be doing it in my driveway (no garage anymore) from easy ways to get to the bolts etc would be great.

Cheers

[Guest SPANKU]

remove down pipe, loosing the turbo bolts, go under the car remove heat shield, unbolt the uppipe, remove turbo and uppipe

[Guest]

Damn, so i have to remove the ****ing turbo to swap out the up-pipe?

[ReubenH]

If you still have your up-pipe brackets, yes, you need to remove the turbo to get the bracket off. You can't take the up-pipe out without removing said brackets

Believe me, i spent a f***ing hour trying last week.

Also means you get to check the health of the turbo though, which for me was a bonus. But once the turbo is off, the up-pipe comes out easy peasy pudding and pie.

The other option i suppose is to take the headers off, and slide it down, not up. But i think that's a little harder to do, you still need to take the downpipe off to get at the bolts, and you then need to get new header gaskets at $20 a pop (i hate re-using the factory crush gaskets).

[Guest]

Ugh, not what I was wanting to hear.

I was planning on sliding it down(gravity is there for a reason) but there are annoying brackets holding the fucker on are there? Guessing they are a real prick to get to as well (guessing block side of the up pipe?)

Might save this job for a day when the weather isn't screaming "Sit outside with bro's and beer and good tunes!" and when I have a minion on hand to give me a hand. That and I don't have any money left for a couple of weeks to buy even more bloody gaskets

[ReubenH]

The brackets stop you from sliding it UP, which is the method i went with. They should be of no obstruction if sliding it down.

I would have gone with the sliding down method, but i didn't have the header gaskets, so went with the turbo out and up method.

[Guest]

 ReubenH said:

The brackets stop you from sliding it UP, which is the method i went with. They should be of no obstruction if sliding it down.

I would have gone with the sliding down method, but i didn't have the header gaskets, so went with the turbo out and up method.

Ahh choice, there is hope yet then. Decided I'd rather drink beer with the dog in the sun today instead of playing with the car. + the driveway is really REALLY hot... stupid black tar driveway.

[Guest SPANKU]

use an old blanket or painters drop sheet if its hot or tarps

[Guest SPANKU]

was just doing an uppipe for a friend lastnight should had taken 1-2 hours but all the nuts was stripped or rounded... we going to take the motor out to do this job... i feel bad as i hate starting a job and didnt finish it

[ReubenH]

Bugger eh? Oh well, taking a motor out isn't hard, me and drunken monkey did one in 45 mins flat (was def not a virgin though). It's a good chance to check and change any seals, do a wee clean up, work on any tricky things that are a bitch with the motor in etc.