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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: mathewst on 04 November 2009, 10:12:46

Title: aftermarket cat converters on migs
Post by: mathewst on 04 November 2009, 10:12:46

My cat converter seems to be coming to an end and will probably need replacing within a couple og months.
Original ones are expensive as hell it seems.
So I would rather take the aftermarket route.
Did anyone replace their catalytic converters with aftermarket ones?
Am I looking at any potential problems when putting aftermarket one?

Title: Re: aftermarket cat converters on migs
Post by: tunnie on 04 November 2009, 10:17:31

What makes you think its failing, starting to get noisey? It could be the flexi join after the cat, mine failed at 115k miles.

Title: Re: aftermarket cat converters on migs
Post by: mathewst on 04 November 2009, 10:24:19

It makes noise at the moment of starting but only if the engine is hot.
If the engine is cold the noise doesn't appear.

Title: Re: aftermarket cat converters on migs
Post by: mark.adams on 05 November 2009, 16:08:19

I was told to avoid the aftermarket ones as they only last a year.

Title: Re: aftermarket cat converters on migs
Post by: Selseybill on 05 November 2009, 16:11:43

I bought cheapies for my old 2.5 from ebay and they were still good when i sold the car 3 years later.Car had covered 286k when sold.

Title: Re: aftermarket cat converters on migs
Post by: mathewst on 05 November 2009, 16:27:38

Well the guarantee for the aftermarket cat I was looking is two years.
How much did you pay for it SelseyBill if you remember?