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miike
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catalytic converter casing corroded
« on: Feb 16th, 2009, 8:23pm » |
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Looking underneath the car, the lower half of the casing of one of the forward boxes of my exhaust/catalytic converter was hanging down! I had not noticed it when driving, I've just wired it up to stop it catching a speed bump. Does anyone know what my repair/replacement options might be?
R reg 2.3 ultima.
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Re: catalytic converter casing corroded
« Reply #1 on: Feb 17th, 2009, 7:46am » |
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Is it just the heat shield hanging down or the whole of the box ??
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Re: catalytic converter casing corroded
« Reply #2 on: Feb 17th, 2009, 8:12am » |
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If it's just the heat shield don't worry about it - it wont affect the functioning of the cat - in fact, replacement cats don't have heat shields.
You might want to make a more durable repair though - something like a big jubilee clip - to stop it falling off and catching something on the underside of the car on it's way past.
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Re: catalytic converter casing corroded
« Reply #3 on: Feb 17th, 2009, 8:38am » |
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miike.
Take it all off and throw it away 
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Re: catalytic converter casing corroded
« Reply #4 on: Feb 17th, 2009, 10:24am » |
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Couple of wire coathangers should do the trick...if you want to keep it and have not yet taken the advice from GOZZ 
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miike
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Re: catalytic converter casing corroded
« Reply #5 on: Feb 24th, 2009, 7:09pm » |
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Thanks for the replies.
It's just the heat shield, I will wire it up with slightly more care, all the rst of the system seems fine on further inspection.
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