Decat hitting exhaust, wont go into reverse properly :(

1. jazz-man02 Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Tamworth Posts: 181 2000 Citroen saxo VTR

   #1 27th February 2011, 23:51

   fitted a scorpion decat on my Mk2 saxo VTR and it is hitting the linkages and wont go into reverse properly now and is becoming a bit of a problem, any help on how to fix the problem will be appreciated as haven't got a clue how to fix it .
   
   any guides will be appreciated, thank you
2. gavmc88 Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Aberdeen Posts: 835 Wee Saxo 1.1

   #2 27th February 2011, 23:54

   get it up on ramps, get someone in the car slap it in reverse so you can see were its hitting see if you can bend it abit so it clears ???
3. jazz-man02 Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Tamworth Posts: 181 2000 Citroen saxo VTR

   #3 28th February 2011, 00:04

   how can i bend it though pal?
4. gavmc88 Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Aberdeen Posts: 835 Wee Saxo 1.1

   #4 28th February 2011, 00:05

   am no sure mate haha hit it wae a hammer lol just a try sure someone else will ken better im all about brute force partly the reason my cars always off the road
5. jazz-man02 Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Tamworth Posts: 181 2000 Citroen saxo VTR

   #5 28th February 2011, 00:16

   lol ok pal, just want it to be pukka but my car is a right pain in the arse lol so yea thanks anyway mate, help from other peeps is appreciated too
6. jazz-man02 Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Tamworth Posts: 181 2000 Citroen saxo VTR

   #6 28th February 2011, 09:31

   anybody else care for any advice please? must be someone with the same problem or encountered it before
7. Dave_P Established Member Joined: Dec 2010 Aberdeen Posts: 2129 Race: 106 Rallye 16v. Road: Mercedes Vito 120 CDI

   #7 28th February 2011, 10:46

   Is the linkage hitting the flange? Is it possible to rotate the flange or is it fixed?
8. jazz-man02 Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Tamworth Posts: 181 2000 Citroen saxo VTR

   #8 28th February 2011, 15:36

   its the actual part of the exhaust right by the gasket that hits I believe mate, as the whole exhaust is bigger isn't it, scorpion decat that is hitting too. think twisting it will work?
9. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #9 28th February 2011, 22:37

   Can you post a pic up mate?
   
   Steve.
10. carlsmith715 Established Member Joined: Nov 2010 manchester Posts: 2099 2000 1.6 furio

    #10 28th February 2011, 22:43

    is the cat in the mani or under the car. i understand that the decat pipes under the car have a little bend in not too sure but if it does maybe its on wrong way round my mate had that problem on a 106 a while ago
11. VTSjames Established Member Joined: May 2010 Immingham, Lincolnshire Posts: 1406 mk1 VTS (track), Mondeo Titanium X Tdci

    #11 28th February 2011, 22:47

    i had this problem, but for me it was the rear engine mount fitted the wrong way.
12. jazz-man02 Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Tamworth Posts: 181 2000 Citroen saxo VTR

    #12 28th February 2011, 22:58

    under car cat mate, is fixing the engine mount an easy fix ?
13. VTSjames Established Member Joined: May 2010 Immingham, Lincolnshire Posts: 1406 mk1 VTS (track), Mondeo Titanium X Tdci

    #13 1st March 2011, 16:00

    yeah just turn it round
14. jazz-man02 Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Tamworth Posts: 181 2000 Citroen saxo VTR

    #14 1st March 2011, 23:33

    if its that simple will give it a go, how can you tell if its the wrong way round mate?
15. jazz-man02 Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Tamworth Posts: 181 2000 Citroen saxo VTR

    #15 4th March 2011, 12:17

    its got the circle gasket underneath by the mani too as thats the same one that came of with the cat, is that the right one?
16. jazz-man02 Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Tamworth Posts: 181 2000 Citroen saxo VTR

    #16 11th March 2011, 00:17

    found the problem out people for future reference, on the normal cat there is a part of the flange cut out so it misses one of the bars under the car, whereas the decat doesn't have this so my mate took it somewhere for us where they can get it machined down