acox99 74 1 Cars Posted July 1, 2007 On my way home from pug fest my exhaust broke in half just in front of the cat, and its a bit rotten!! so was looking on ebay for a new one, there are ones off 1400 petrols, just wondered if it would be the same for my 2.0 HDI cheers Ali Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mikey S 29 1 Cars Posted July 1, 2007 On my way home from pug fest my exhaust broke in half just in front of the cat, and its a bit rotten!! so was looking on ebay for a new one, there are ones off 1400 petrols, just wondered if it would be the same for my 2.0 HDI cheers Ali just put a straight through pipe on it, diesels dont need a cat. you should notice that the turbo spools up a bit quicker and the throttle response will be better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,657 Posted July 1, 2007 do as above, though I dont knoe if you can do it without any custom fabrication. as for your original question Diesel engines DO NOT run catalytic converters, rather they run particulate filters hope that helps! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RossD 44 Posted July 2, 2007 do as above, though I dont knoe if you can do it without any custom fabrication. as for your original question Diesel engines DO NOT run catalytic converters, rather they run particulate filters hope that helps! Hate to be a know it all, but the they are Catalytic convertors, they are simply Oxiding 2-way cats, not the 3-way cats that modern fuel injected petrols have. Particulate filters are all new technology and are appearing on the newest HDi's and other diesels now. They have all sorts of electrical gubbins to monitor them and potentially cost a lot to fix (And being French, it will go wrong!) The particulate filter thoery is one thats widely banded about on the net, but its another one of those myths! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
