Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: mark.adams on 01 September 2010, 21:27:20
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Okay, car back from garage, rattle is confirmed as coming from the cat, mechanic says internal part of cat has broken away and is loose inside the metal casing, he suggested i put a block of wood above the cat and use a hydraulic jack to squash the cat to stop the internals from rattling :o
He also said he has smashed the cats before now and they still go through the emissions test and pass as long as the lambda is working :o
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I've seen 'squashed' CATS before. It will shut it up, but you are not fixing a problem. You may even restrict the exhaust to a point where you will do serious damage to other parts of the engine.
If you cant afford a new cat right now, leave the rattle until you can. It's the only sensible thing to do.
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Okay, car back from garage, rattle is confirmed as coming from the cat, mechanic says internal part of cat has broken away and is loose inside the metal casing, he suggested i put a block of wood above the cat and use a hydraulic jack to squash the cat to stop the internals from rattling :o
He also said he has smashed the cats before now and they still go through the emissions test and pass as long as the lambda is working :o
Genuine cat or aftermarket?
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And it wont pass emisions either!
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Its a genuine one, is it likely to fail emissions as it is now?
I can put up with the rattle until i can afford a new cat.
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It's not guaranteed to fail, but chances are it will. :(
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Any idea of the price for a new one?
2.2 petrol 2002 model saloon.