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my bleepin cat converter just broke off. what kind of damages am I looking at? Can I weld this?

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Old 09-20-2002, 04:39 PM
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Default my bleepin cat converter just broke off. what kind of damages am I looking at? Can I weld this?
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wtf, how did that happen? i'd like to help, but i've never seen this before :/
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normal acceleration in 2nd and next thing I know it sounds like I'm in a riced out civic.
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Default that sucks, a lot, someone can probably help you out..
i'll try and see what info i can dig up for you.
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Default well, I'm thinking if I drop the exhaust, remove the cat, and ......
remove the flange from the turbo, I can then take the cat and the flange to get welded and put everything back.

One other question. I drove about 4 miles to get home, would this have any impact on anything with the turbo and cat being exposed like that?
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Default i wouldn't worry about it too much...
with 4 miles, you're exhaust spewing out before the cat, you just released some 'dirty' gas that's all.
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I realize that I'm talking to myself, but I found quite a bit in the archives on this.
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Are you already out of Emissions warranty?
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Isn't that a warranted emissions part failure? 8 years or 80k mi according to my owner's manual...
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Default Have you checked you exhaust hangers?
Perhaps one broke loose, causing the exhaustto shake around and break the cat.
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