How Do I Know If I Have A Cat?

[Guest Matty0908]

I have an F-reg 1.9 GTi 205 & I'm told is a XU9JA series engine??

 

Any ideas?

[sleeper205 0]

sounds too old for a cat mate, cos the Cats came in ~j/k reg.

 

so you should be ok.

 

another check is counting the boxes on your exhaust: one in tyhe middle, one at the back is a non-cat model.

 

hth,

 

Jon.

[Guest pugboyracer]

Fur on your sofa.

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

I have an F-reg 1.9 GTi 205 & I'm told is a XU9JA series engine??

 

Any ideas?

Lemme guess, some arrogant but vacant twat who knows sweet F.A about these cars was trying to pretend he's an authority on them and tell you your car must have a cat?

[GtiMad 1]

Fur on your sofa.

 

beat me to it.........

[NickR 10]

was'nt cat available as an option tho ?

[Guest blueice]

How Do I Know If I Have A Cat?

 

It stinks when you start the engine, well has that CAT smell about it anyway

[Rob_the_Sparky 10]

Too old for a CAT but the give away is the lamda sensor in the exhaust pipe, near the engine if it has a CAT.

 

Rob

[Zoldalma 1]

Engine code might tell. XU9JAZ and XU9J1 engines have CAT. Codes are DKZ and DFZ, I think.

[Guest Andrewgti]

sounds too old for a cat mate, cos the Cats came in ~j/k reg.

 

so you should be ok.

 

another check is counting the boxes on your exhaust: one in tyhe middle, one at the back is a non-cat model.

 

hth,

 

Jon.

mines a g plate....does that have a cat? should i put unleaded in?

[Rob_the_Sparky 10]

Read the above and decide for yourself! If it does have a CAT then avoid leaded or LRP.

 

Rob

[205man 0]

How Do I Know If I Have A Cat

 

you start finding dead birds on your door step and foot prints on your car

 

but serioulsy i think your car is to old for a cat as it was only fitted on the phase 2 models, but more on the k plate onwards as i had a j plate and that didnt have a cat

 

alan

[Guest Al-2]

Mine's an E-reg (87-88) and it doesn't.

 

Cats became compulsory about 1992 IIRC.

[Guest slapbassmunky]

biggest giveaway....... check for a lambda sensor in the frontpipe. or for the people who dont like getting on there hands an knees, look at the front cover of the ECU. if its got MOTRONIC written on it you've got a kat

 

hope this helps

[sleeper205 0]

Cats became compulsory about 1992 IIRC.

yeah, J / K like i said...

[Sam 4]

1st january 1993 onwards it was compulsary, contrary to popular belief

[C_W 3 1 Cars]

So there shouldn't be any cat'd J-plates.

[Anthony 1,003]

So there shouldn't be any cat'd J-plates.

Unless they had the optional cat fitted from new (cat was an option from about 1990 I think)

[Guest moonas]

Not sure about UK, but my friend has a GTi with a cat and XU9J1 engine, which is '88 and came from Germany I think...

[cybernck 402 1 Cars]

yeah in many of the european countries, cars had a cat as early as in 1988.

[TaffyTim 6]

Ive got a 1992 J plate and i dont have a cat, although mines an early J. They started cat wacking n to the later J's so 1993 sounds about right. Not that Ive ever seen a K reg GTi or many other J's also. What year did they stop making the GTi's? Was it because of the cat? if so im gonna make a documentry about it called 'Tiddles Revenge - The Cat That Killed The Car'.

[Guest Snillbert]

Cat or not... is cat not good enough? Is there any difference in performace or bhp? The reason I´m asking you ... I´m buying a ´94 GTi and think it´s CAT. Is that something I should be worried about?

[Guest ssiruuk2]

No nothing to be worried about, its just a little down on power. From what I have heard about the CAT model GTi's, is that they are a lot easier or smoother to drive around town (not wanting to judder/kangaroo at low speeds) - I personally like the twitchy on/off feel of the noncat gti and wouldnt want it smoothed out (or 8bhp lower power output)

 

Remember this is all on paper & as new spec, and a good cat gti should be quicker/more power than a f**ked non cat obviously

 

Oh - 1994 is very rare for GTi's - hardly any produced and will definately be cat - a good upgrade route for these cars are the 406/XM turbo engine as mi16 is out of the question.

Edited December 27, 2003 by ssiruuk2

[Guest RALLYPUG]

Is there buried sh1t in your garden?