Author Topic: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2 (Read 1257034 times)

elff · « **Reply #1250 on:** May 22, 2012, 11:39:03 AM »

Me too but we did have to muscle it a little to slide it over the exhaust on the cat side.

ChopTop · « **Reply #1251 on:** May 22, 2012, 01:14:39 PM »

SB, how'd you manage to remove the muffler from the rubber hangers? Dave suggested I might be able to WD them because the hangers have welded on round tabs or something. At first I thought they were weird round bolts and tried using my channel lock but that just turned, turned, turned.

elff · « **Reply #1252 on:** May 22, 2012, 01:16:47 PM »

You can use this clamp tool to get it off the hangers or vice grips.
It's a pita no matter what you use, but they do come off.

Kelu · « **Reply #1253 on:** May 22, 2012, 01:19:14 PM »

Took it out from body shop, fixed the big bend from passenger rear panel, painted some big paint chips under front bumper, fixed the cracked Norm's diffuser.

Sol Asylum · « **Reply #1254 on:** May 22, 2012, 01:26:43 PM »

Quote from: Kelu on May 22, 2012, 01:19:14 PM

Took it out from body shop, fixed the big bend from passenger rear panel, painted some big paint chips under front bumper, fixed the cracked Norm's diffuser.

That's good the hear and I hope you learned a lesson, don't run over Elff again!

Kelu · « **Reply #1255 on:** May 22, 2012, 01:46:11 PM »

elff is bigger than a romanian speed bump

Thinking to redo the front grille which I did 2 years ago and start to loose paint and I started not to like it anymore

elff · « **Reply #1256 on:** May 22, 2012, 01:48:43 PM »

I swear you people need to learn how to drive
I am getting very tired being run over all the time. I also have to re-polish my bald head each time because your cars are ridiculously dirty on the underside

Sol Asylum · « **Reply #1257 on:** May 22, 2012, 01:50:47 PM »

It's amazing how inconsiderate they are isn't it? They could at least wash the bottom side of their cars.

ChopTop · « **Reply #1258 on:** May 22, 2012, 02:03:01 PM »

I was at Speedway getting gas the other day and heard this loud WHAM, BAM! Speedway has these small island curbs at the exit/entry areas, the tool didn't even stop, he just drove right over it into Burger King parking lot located next door. Dude next too me shook his head and said; what the hell is he thinking, BK running out of whoppers?

Thanks Elff, I'll call Napa and see if they have anything, my channel lock did nothing but turn.

Sly Bob · « **Reply #1259 on:** May 22, 2012, 03:16:20 PM »

Choptop are you trying to turn the steel stud that goes through the rubber? Here's a few videos.

Exhaust Hanger Bushing Removal

How to Remove Rubber Exhaust Hangers

Carbon Sky · « **Reply #1260 on:** May 22, 2012, 03:33:49 PM »

Quote from: ChopTop on May 22, 2012, 02:03:01 PM

I was at Speedway getting gas the other day and heard this loud WHAM, BAM! Speedway has these small island curbs at the exit/entry areas, the tool didn't even stop, he just drove right over it into Burger King parking lot located next door. Dude next too me shook his head and said; what the hell is he thinking, BK running out of whoppers?

Thanks Elff, I'll call Napa and see if they have anything, my channel lock did nothing but turn.

A quick spritz of silicone lubricant, and a pry bar and the rubber hangers for the exhaust come off easily. I've dropped mine many times now for things like the back bone, for the rear ZOK sway bar, probeam, etc.

ihawk95 · « **Reply #1261 on:** May 22, 2012, 09:25:56 PM »

Quote from: miller11386 on May 22, 2012, 05:30:37 AM

I am taking that trunk light if its not installed by soon. Mirror will be taken as well for pain and suffering

Trunk light is on hold for awhile unless the calvary comes to help me unpack. But I did find my toolbox tonight.

Pain and suffering? Don't even. Feel free to take the mirror I don't have yet.

Btw, I saved carpet for you. 4 or 5 rolls. It's in the garage. If you want a very nice desk, chairs or other miscellaneous items I'm giving away also, let me know. Otherwise, they're going up on craigslist.

ihawk95 · « **Reply #1262 on:** May 22, 2012, 09:29:52 PM »

Even though I needed to take some pictures of a manual trunk release mod I have for some interested people, I only looked at my Kappa tonight. At least I got to see it several times while I hauled old stuff I should have gotten rid of years ago out to the curb.

I hope the car starts tomorrow, if I do get to drive it.

elff · « **Reply #1263 on:** May 22, 2012, 09:49:12 PM »

While I am waiting for a replacement O2 extender, I decided to just put the O2 sensor into the exhaust.
One thing I noticed is the O2 sensor had a crap load of carbon on it.
Is that normal?

Also, for the HPT crowd, I don't have the SES column in Engine Diagnostics-> DTC
WTF?
Since I am getting an extender I could set P0420 to zero, but I was hoping to set it to 3 and disable SES as detailed in numerous threads.
But with the column not displaying how do I do that?

Sol Asylum · « **Reply #1264 on:** May 22, 2012, 09:56:44 PM »

You know you could start your own thread?

As for the carbon build up, yes by installing it out of the exhaust stream it won't get as hot so the carbon deposits will have an easier time collecting on it. Kind of like how hotter spark plugs don't foul as easy as cold one can.

miller11386 · « **Reply #1265 on:** May 22, 2012, 10:10:52 PM »

elff, my exhaust is loaded with carbon. tis the nature of the DI engine.

If you look at the pic I posted of my extender, you can see the black carbon inside and around the edge of where the threads were. This is all carbon from the exhaust.

Its funny, but if you wash out your exhaust, it will get much louder... then will mellow out after the carbon is built back up

Treeman · « **Reply #1266 on:** May 22, 2012, 10:27:43 PM »

Elff, is this.the first time you ran up the exhaust pipe?

elff · « **Reply #1267 on:** May 22, 2012, 10:28:18 PM »

I had my exhaust tips powdercoated black by DDM
now I dont have to clean the Inside

Cool, thanks, while I wait for the steel extender, I am going to disable P0420 in HPT.
I can't find the SES setting and it's a non issue until I need to get it inspected.

elff · « **Reply #1268 on:** May 22, 2012, 10:30:18 PM »

Quote from: Treeman on May 22, 2012, 10:27:43 PM

Elff, is this.the first time you ran up the exhaust pipe?

ChopTop · « **Reply #1269 on:** May 23, 2012, 08:51:53 AM »

Mission accomplished. Thanks for the tips folks. I ended up WD the muffler rubber hangers and using a flat screwdriver to push/guide em off the hanger tabs.

ophidia31 · « **Reply #1270 on:** May 24, 2012, 10:04:47 PM »

Added sound deadening to the doors/floor/back wall and a little in the trunk from some leftovers. Went with dynamat since its readily available to me and Ive been having trouble getting in touch with don @ sounddeadenershowdown. I can say that it probably eliminated 75% of the roadnoise and probably adding the extra foam/vinyl layers would only get rid of the other 25% which I dont think is worth the extra money. I recently changed plans that the car will basically just be a d.d/cruiser so its reverted back to stock interior setup sans onstar/xm.

ophidia31 · « **Reply #1271 on:** May 24, 2012, 10:15:33 PM »

Quote from: elff on May 22, 2012, 09:49:12 PM

While I am waiting for a replacement O2 extender, I decided to just put the O2 sensor into the exhaust.
One thing I noticed is the O2 sensor had a crap load of carbon on it.
Is that normal?

Also, for the HPT crowd, I don't have the SES column in Engine Diagnostics-> DTC
WTF?
Since I am getting an extender I could set P0420 to zero, but I was hoping to set it to 3 and disable SES as detailed in numerous threads.
But with the column not displaying how do I do that?

Just d/l a 2.0 file off the repository to check it out myself. All I did was click on the fault class and it brings up a drop down box. Thats where you can select what you want that dtc to do. Dont know why its setup different than other engines.

elff · « **Reply #1272 on:** May 25, 2012, 03:53:10 AM »

Different OS for different engines.
We dont have the ses option.
I set p0420 to disabled while I wait for the extender.

ophidia31 · « **Reply #1273 on:** May 25, 2012, 09:46:39 AM »

I realize that, but of all the different engines Ive looked at, I never saw one setup without the ses checkbox. Even with it disabled and dtc cleared and ses light off, the light still comes back on after a while?

40rtyp · « **Reply #1274 on:** May 25, 2012, 10:06:01 AM »

I farted...yet again in my Kappa today

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Author Topic: What did you do to your Kappa today - Part 2 (Read 1257034 times)