So... Spent 4 hours getting my bits off the s3 today, all completed with the exception of the downpipe, got the nuts off, that took over an hour but it can't get out the bottom, I even tried pushing the engine over after removing dogbone, and pulled the heat shield off. I'm getting too old for this. It would have only taken me an hour to get the head off, as any new engine owner would need to do something about the crank case pressure in any case.
So tomorrow do I drop the sub frame or take the head off?
I will check some you tube videos, maybe able to only undo a tiny bit I need about 1 cm space.
Has anyone ever cleaned a catalytic converter with cataclean directly.
It's it feasible to get someone to reliably v-band the downpipe both at the top (so I don't need to drop sub frame to fit to TT and the bottom so I can swap out de-cat pipe easily.
Joined ttforums too, so I will arrange a 5 a side football match or something, to keep the peace.
I think the reason I can't remove stereo is the trim is an aftermarket part called mannis double din. #winner.
Lastly, is the ECU and MAP for a TT BAM the same as an S3?
Sorry that's a lot of questions for someone virtually leaving.
I'll always have my thoughts will my S3, and heart and soul with the extreme car maintenance learning.