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(Message started by: miike on Feb 16^th, 2009, 8:23pm)

Title: catalytic converter casing corroded
Post by miike on Feb 16^th, 2009, 8:23pm

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.

Title: Re: catalytic converter casing corroded
Post by Snoopy on Feb 17^th, 2009, 7:46am

Is it just the heat shield hanging down or the whole of the box?????

Title: Re: catalytic converter casing corroded
Post by amigafan2003 on Feb 17^th, 2009, 8:12am

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.

Title: Re: catalytic converter casing corroded
Post by gozz on Feb 17^th, 2009, 8:38am

miike.
Take it all off and throw it away 8)
GOZZ.

Title: Re: catalytic converter casing corroded
Post by Scorpio_Mike on Feb 17^th, 2009, 10:24am

Couple of wire coathangers should do the trick...if you want to keep it and have not yet taken the advice from GOZZ ;D

Title: Re: catalytic converter casing corroded
Post by miike on Feb 24^th, 2009, 7:09pm

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.