redexchris

hey, my catalytic converter is ticking and my friends said its broken inside and i need a new one, its very annoying right now, so i'm planning on getting a magnaflow muffler and getting custom piping done and also a new cat converter, i wasn't planning on modding my car until i had money whenever i joined with the air force but that will be half a year or year and i don't wanting anything else getting ruin from this, so i will give some shops a call tomorrow on some prices, what do you guys think or had to spend???
thanks guys

WangChung

i recently got a bomz(gay ebay) cat for 50 bux and it looks good. has an o2 sensor bung, good welds, but i wont have it on for about a week.

redexchris

cool, anyone else ppppplllleeeaaassseeeee

skribblah

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hahaha, poor boy, the catalic converter is nothing but a pipe with a window-screen like mesh in it, so their is no possible way it can be broken if its not mechanical! the ticking you hear is the heat shield around the cat cooling down. its nothing to be alarmed of or anything. its ususal. and if it pisses you off, jack the car up andd take it off! easy peezy lemon squeezy.

Ricey McRicerton

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hahaha, poor boy, the catalic converter is nothing but a pipe with a window-screen like mesh in it, so their is no possible way it can be broken if its not mechanical! the ticking you hear is the heat shield around the cat cooling down. its nothing to be alarmed of or anything. its ususal. and if it pisses you off, jack the car up andd take it off! easy peezy lemon squeezy.
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How about your wrong. Catalytic converters DO break down over time. I wouldnt say it makes a ticking noise, but they WILL break down and start to lose their filling!

boostedcivicsir

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hahaha, poor boy, the catalic converter is nothing but a pipe with a window-screen like mesh in it, so their is no possible way it can be broken if its not mechanical! the ticking you hear is the heat shield around the cat cooling down. its nothing to be alarmed of or anything. its ususal. and if it pisses you off, jack the car up andd take it off! easy peezy lemon squeezy.
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and catalytic converters will come apart. when it is running too lean it will overheat it and make it crack and make it come out the tail pipe. this is not uncommon.

boostedcivicsir

and the window screen you see? isnt. it is a web of platinum. and it goes from one end to the other.

Black93DelSolSi

try jacking up your car from the rear tow hook and start your car. then listen for where the noise is coming from exactly, it might just be a loose bolt (unlikely.) put on some gloves and feel around, hold the heat shield and muffler and see if the clicking stops. do a visual and check that nothing is knocking against the underside of your car.

redexchris

alright thanks guys, yea i looked under my car i know its coming from the converter

skribblah

guys, i said BROKEN, everybody knows that cats can wear down and clog. on my last car they did just that, i had to put a test pipe on the bitch. the **** inside melted and i rember one night i was driving and i came home and looked under my car only to see the cat glowing red from it being cloged.

redexchris

yea we understood what you said, well i went to promuffler.com and i found a magnaflow muffler for 129.50 plus shipping 15.79, i'm going to keep looking around, and also going to call the junkyard and see if i can get a cat converter off a civic if i can find one, and also give the shop a call about custom piping, what do you guys think?