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Kevwlsn3

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OK so after buying a very very nice 6 from a forum member i put it though its paces and the cat went pop.. oops

I called "meerkat" in Kilburnie , dunno if any one has heard of them but all of my friends have used them with very nice results.

i got a price for a decat pipe, however my thoughts and worries are with the lamda sensor?

can any one give me an idea what happens with removing the cat? ive looked for a post on here but haven't found any information as yet.

he guy from the shop said sum thing about the engine light being on , any information regarding this would be great before i say yes to him
Posted 25th Apr 2014 at 11:43
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the lambda still plugs into the decat as normal

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Posted 25th Apr 2014 at 11:54
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Kevwlsn3

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Ahh , this is dident know , i assume he is just making a straight pipe with no connection , guess ill tell him no thanks then Smile

thanks rikky
Posted 25th Apr 2014 at 12:01
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to be honest you could just buy a boss off ebay for about £2 and weld it on at the same time, that's what i'm doing with my 205 gti6 at the moment as it's not currently got one and the gti6 engine needs the plug

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Posted 25th Apr 2014 at 12:08
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Kevwlsn3

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sounds like a ball ache tbh , might just get another cat.. but its 3 times the price Razz ha!
Posted 25th Apr 2014 at 12:44
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just buy a decat like a magnet or a devil one or something, they've already got the lambda holes in, infact most aftermarket ones do

http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=159027

http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=158991

see if any of them are still for sale. are you mating it to an oem system or something else because you'll need the sleeve/fittings to match

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Posted 25th Apr 2014 at 13:40
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Kevwlsn3

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The guy in meerkat quoted me 100 quid so i think that's a decent price considering its fitted.

However been reading peoples thoughts about them saying loosing a lot of mid range torque?

but tbh just gonna get one , and then source a decent cat that can be delivered without it being urgent and then change it when it comes to MOT time Smile
Posted 25th Apr 2014 at 16:02
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but £100 without a lambda boss? you need the lambda plugged in

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Posted 25th Apr 2014 at 16:22
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welshpug!

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you'll get a new devil or magnex decat for that.

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Posted 25th Apr 2014 at 16:38
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Kevwlsn3 wrote:
sounds like a ball ache tbh , might just get another cat.. but its 3 times the price Razz ha!


But if there making it anyway how much more work is required to drill a hole and weld the new boss on to the new steel, piece of p**s to someone with a welder and the skill to use it

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Posted 25th Apr 2014 at 16:46
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Surely whoever makes it would be clever enough to think about it and put one in anyway?! as they would surely want to see what they were replacing, and notice the original boss?!
Posted 25th Apr 2014 at 16:52
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Just buy one of these ready made or similar, ready made to fit and £15 more with free delivery...
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/351054345149

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Posted 25th Apr 2014 at 18:52
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Kevwlsn3

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Nah I got my wires crossed he's gonna put the lamda sensor in it, also Peugeot escosse said that putting a decat pipe on a pre v reg is worth it but not with later models I have no idea why thought it was the same engine
Posted 26th Apr 2014 at 01:28
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eddy_gti6

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Post #14
Just dont run a lambda. I dont! Thumbs up

GTi6 uses a narrowband sensor what is only used during idle and whilst traveling at a constant speed. Any other time the ecu ignores the lambda, acceleration / deceleration.

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Posted 26th Apr 2014 at 02:46
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devere

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That's not sound advice at all. Just because it's not a wideband, it doesn't mean it isn't working all the while!

It will constantly be adjusting the mixture. It's all about the emissions on a standard setup. Your car will be dumping too much fuel in on the standard ecu and no lambda hooked up.

Only on a tuned ecu with specific fuel maps setup can you successfully not use the O2 sensor. And in that case, then you can enable the sensor to only work under certain rpm and/or load points on the map, to control the idle etc..

So at the end of all that, to the OP. Just get a decat with a boss.
Posted 26th Apr 2014 at 12:51
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Kevwlsn3

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yeah i got one with a boss Smile so all is well......and HOLY RASP.. wasent quiet to start with now not only my neighbours hate me my whole street does

YAS! lol
Posted 2nd May 2014 at 19:56
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alcon

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Post #17
Did you get your exhaust done at Meercat then?.....he is good, I've had two systems built by them and they know their stuff. If not, then another one to consider since it's closer to you is https://www.simonscustomexhausts.co.uk which is in East Kilbride and he too is good.

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Posted 3rd May 2014 at 13:01
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Damn, I never seem to get these links right!!

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Posted 3rd May 2014 at 13:03
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