Re: CAT disintegration

[cobram@juno.com (. .)]

"Timothy D.R. Morgan" <t.d.r.morgan@csc.liv.ac.uk> writes:

>Once the guy got the old CAT off, he informed me that most of the
>insides were gone, and had presumably been blown back down the 
>exhaust system over time. That comment has, quite understandably I
think,
>panicked me as the exhaust is quite new, and I dread that it may have
>become partially blocked?
>
>Does anyone have experience of this? Can they confirm my fears, or can 
>I relax and not brace myself for a new exhaust?

Not specific to your model, but when the cat broke apart in 
the 5KS, it was blocking the exhaust to the point where the car
would sputter and die on left hand turns.  When it finally 
blocked the exhaust altogether, I was in the middle of no
where, I had a set of vice grips and not much else. (I wasn't 
a boy scout, but I take their be prepared moto seriously now.)
I used the vice grips to remove the oxy sensor and drove home
with no problems.

It was a fairly simple procedure albeit a PITA to remove the 
broken off pieces from the back of the exhaust using coat hangers,
a mallet and LARGE straight and bent screwdrivers.  Worse case 
scenario you'll probably having to pay for few hours of labor 
to remove the back of the exhaust and have the kitty parts 
removed.  I can't see any reason why you'd need to replace 
a fairly new exhaust in this case.

BCNU,


Cobram@Juno.Com
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Flats/1469/

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