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Originally Posted by vrships
Oh My god I wish I read this before I did it. It was a nightmare pulling out the OEM Downpipe. And I still could not stick the new Downpipe into the midpipe by a millimeter after 6 hrs. Gonna get the expander tomorrow.
But I am start to worrying if I have a leak at the turbo end, how am I gonna remove the new Downpipe next time...
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I followed the sequence advised here of tightening V clamp side first and battled over an hour to try to mate the DP to the mid pipe.
What I determined was the angle of the downpipe where it mates to the mid pipe was not straight so they would not insert fully and obviously were out of insertion alignment.
The fix was to loosen but not fully disconnect the V Clamp just so I could get more play from the downpipe. This way it would align with the mid pipe better. Insertion was virtually immediate.
Then retightened starting back at the V Clamp. No leaks, no issues.