fitting a 4 branch

1. sebo123 Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Bideford Posts: 1599 Saxo Furio

   #1 25th July 2010, 21:22

   how easy or hard is the general fitting of a new mani? and what will i have to do, losen mounts etc?? any help would be great as i will be doing it tommorow
2. sebo123 Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Bideford Posts: 1599 Saxo Furio

   #2 25th July 2010, 21:23

   i wont need to relocate the oil filter**
3. SaxoJamie Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2007 Sussex Posts: 3891 2x 106 GTi

   #3 25th July 2010, 21:26

   You only need to undo the nuts/bolts holding the mani on and the gearbox mount and the 2 spring bolts that hold the mani and centre section together. What manifold you putting on and where is the cat on your car??
4. stevyj Regular Poster Joined: May 2010 skipton Posts: 401 metro rio grande pug 306 dt corsa 8v sri tuned

   #4 25th July 2010, 21:33

   i managed to do mine quite easily get some ratchet spanners for putting aftermarket one on as there trickey with bolts. dont worry about the bolts when there unscrewing from block if they come out as they will go back i n fine. spray wd40 on manifold bolts night before and get your engine slightly warm not red hot . this will make it easier to get bolts out as they can snap in block sometimes. straight forward after that really just a swap like for like. i would reccommend getting a new exhaust clamping kit to fit manifold to exhaust under car from citroen as the 10 mm bolts are a ballache to refit
5. Hawwy Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 109

   #5 25th July 2010, 21:47

   How long it take?
6. sebo123 Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Bideford Posts: 1599 Saxo Furio

   #6 25th July 2010, 22:22

   ok sounds straight forward so should just drop right in, cat is under the car, ive got hold of a raceland one
7. SaxoJamie Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2007 Sussex Posts: 3891 2x 106 GTi

   #7 25th July 2010, 22:32

   If your cat is under the car you won't need to touch the oil filter.
8. stevyj Regular Poster Joined: May 2010 skipton Posts: 401 metro rio grande pug 306 dt corsa 8v sri tuned

   #8 25th July 2010, 22:32

   hour and 10 mins ish never done it before. car needs to be fair high jacked up or on ramps as you need to drop down manifold when its unbolted. be careful with the lamda sensor as there a pain to get off. same technique again spray plenty wd40 on nut and give it a slight tap with the hammer a couple of times on exhaust to free it up as they get mega tight

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9. sebo123 Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Bideford Posts: 1599 Saxo Furio

   #9 25th July 2010, 22:45

   ideal thanks for that mate, im pretty mechanically minded so hopefully all goes well just my cousin got a 4 branch for his fezzy and it was quite amusing watching him trying to fit it lol
10. badassmatt Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2010 Posts: 115 saxo vtr

    #10 26th July 2010, 00:40

    its easy mate it took me 2 hours but thats cus some t.i.t that had the car before me messed up the centre section so i had to make it fit,well worth doing thou!