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Sugar79

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my cat (not the furry kind)
« on: 11 April 2005, 10:56 »
One of my mates recon's the cat on my car is knackered, hence the the black soot/smoke, nasty smell, drinks lots of petrol and the car idles funny  :cry:  :rolleyes:

I was wondering how much a new cat is (i know they are very expensive) or if i could get a 2nd hand one?
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Re: my cat (not the furry kind)
« Reply #1 on: 11 April 2005, 11:17 »
meow.

read this to the end it might be of some use :cool: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=12427.0
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Sugar79

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Re: my cat (not the furry kind)
« Reply #2 on: 11 April 2005, 11:29 »
cheers for that link topher, rather interesting, dunno whether mine is due to that tho (actually i havent checked my oil for a while  :sad:)

Also if it was over filled wouldnt it blow blue smoke or is that only if the oil gets burnt???
Because it just looks like black soot out the back  :huh:
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Re: my cat (not the furry kind)
« Reply #3 on: 11 April 2005, 21:37 »
If u need a new cat, get a hiflo sports cat.  Cheaper than buying a standard one off vw aswell.
If there is a longlife near you theydid have an offer on sports cats £199
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Re: my cat (not the furry kind)
« Reply #4 on: 12 April 2005, 10:25 »
longlife??? i dont think there is anything like that near me  :sad:
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Re: my cat (not the furry kind)
« Reply #5 on: 12 April 2005, 10:30 »
how friendly are you with your mot tester ? not that i'd ever suggest going to powerflow for a straight-through with de-cat, because that would fail emissions.. officer , wink wink nudge nudge.. :wink:
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Re: my cat (not the furry kind)
« Reply #6 on: 12 April 2005, 11:20 »
lol, my boyfriends dad has a friend who owns a garage, they did my last mot for me, iam not in any real hurry to get a cat at the mo as the mot aint till oct '05 and i wanna shop around and make sure i get a good deal  :wink: but it is drinking a fair bit of fuel and at 84p at petrol stations at the mo its a bit expensive, and also of it smelling of nasty cabbages is horrible  :sad:
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Re: my cat (not the furry kind)
« Reply #7 on: 12 April 2005, 11:22 »
I feel a decat pipe is the sensible option here then!!!

(It releases a decent chunk of power, too)
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Re: my cat (not the furry kind)
« Reply #8 on: 12 April 2005, 13:26 »
sorry iam a a bit dumb  :laugh: but whats a decat pipe? no cat at all???? if so doubt i'll get away with that lol
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Re: my cat (not the furry kind)
« Reply #9 on: 12 April 2005, 13:39 »
Yeah, a decat pipe is basically a straight through pipe that sits where you cats currently does.

I used to run one in one of my old cars. Cat went on for MOT, car would be MOT'd, car would come home, I'd let the exhaust cool down, then I'd put the pipe back on. The chances of anyone even realising your cat wasn't fitted would be very, very slim.

Its a very cheap chunk of power.
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