Over the last few weeks I have noticed a rattle coming from the nearside,when car on tickover or low revs in traffic.
As had a few spare hours this morning decided to investigate.Because it was too cold to start crawling about under car,decided to go to nearby exhaust/tyre shop as they could get car in air for me to look at.
It appears that the "brick" inside the nearside cat has worked loose and is that which is causing the rattle.
They very kindly offered to fit a new 1 for £180=00 which did include the gasket ,but said if lamba sensor snaps when removing that will be an additional £80 ish...seems like a good business to be in this time of year.
Question is ,due to MOT coming up in mid january,will the loose cat insides cause the emmissions to be too high with a subsequent failure or is it no more than a rattle which whilst annoying,would annoy me a lot more spending £200 + this time of year.
Would it also be better to buy a new cat,or is this a a case for a second hand unit .