<![CDATA[Front pipe to cat]]>got myself a shiney new cat and even correct gaskets from mazda however when i fit it the cat does not sit flush with font pipe so exhaust is blowing from that join. Any help would be appreciated as i dont want to have to go and buy another new cat. I personally was thinking of disconnecting the front pipe from the manifold seating it properly in the cat and then trying to bolt it back onto the manifold using a bit of brute force. Any ideas you may have on this are extremely welcome

]]>https://www.uk-mx3.com/topic/1063/front-pipe-to-catRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 01:16:27 GMTTue, 02 Feb 2010 13:38:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Front pipe to cat on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:38:11 GMT]]>got myself a shiney new cat and even correct gaskets from mazda however when i fit it the cat does not sit flush with font pipe so exhaust is blowing from that join. Any help would be appreciated as i dont want to have to go and buy another new cat. I personally was thinking of disconnecting the front pipe from the manifold seating it properly in the cat and then trying to bolt it back onto the manifold using a bit of brute force. Any ideas you may have on this are extremely welcome

]]>https://www.uk-mx3.com/post/1063https://www.uk-mx3.com/post/1063Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:38:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Front pipe to cat on Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:39:56 GMT]]>DONT FORCE IT ON !!!!!

quite often recently my dad has had a lot of bad catalists through that the joints are slightly warped, take it back and get it replaced it sound like its out of shape and thats why it does not fit properly

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