Hey guys.....first of all thanks for looking.....but i gotta bad problem.....
i was pimping along with my car and it was sorta dark....i ran into a HARD ditch
(didnt hear anything) and parked....the next thing i knew...everytime i
rev about 2 1/2 rpm it made a rattling noise...went under the car and still rattled....
took it too Muffler Tech in SAC and said i gotta get CAT CONVERTER at the dealer....~$ 435.08 SHIT.
DO YOU THINK I SHOULD TRUST THEM....AND GET IT....DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I
CAN GET ONE LITTLE LESS????? CHECKED ONLINE BUT I SOMEWHAT DONT TRUST THEM...

 

try a pick and pull

 

or you could jack your shit up take a look tighten/patch up any kinda dmg?

 

THEY SAID THAT IT WAS CRACKED FROM INSIDE......I HAVE NO IDEA..

 

My Check Light Went On....but My Stupid Self Thought It Was Like A Oil Change Or Something And Reset It And Muffler Tech Couldnt Read It....!

 

mabe it broke one of the sensors off?

 

Acuraautomotiveparts.org has the cat for 374 + ship for the 2.3. What do you have? Your cheapest route that will pass emissions would be to buy a Carsound cat and have it fitted by an exhaust shop.

 

i'm too lazy to earch for it, but last month sometime someone had a similar question, and a guy left a link that had like 4 converters, all under $100. might need to do a little retrofitting, but its better than being raped by the dealer

-mike

 

acura should cover it under the extended warranty on the emissions parts. egr valve, o2 sensors and almost everything exhaust. ask them first.

 

i think it goes to like 150k miles.

 

If its' a rattling sound and its right near the cat.. yeah dood. you're gonna have to replace that FAST, there is a beehive looking thing inside that will break off with time. I had the same thing happen to me, but luckly I got that taken care of before anything bad happend. Try your local motorsports shop and ask for a cat replacement. SRD here in Phoneix got me a Hi-Flow cat installed and everything for 200 flat, and a very good job and could tell that I really needed a new cat. Thats my advice to you man.

 

y dont u just get a catco high flow cat...thas what i did when mine broke...the cost of purchasing it and installing it was $248 i believe alot less than that factory shit and itsa bit of an upgrade

 

yeah i'll have to look into that....thanks

 

or take the old one off and beat the hell out of it with a hammer, to get all the catylist. "bee hive looking stuff" inside out and u got a high flow cat.

 

or you could jack it up and check to see if it is just the heat shield that is rattling. I know on civics and accords.....eventually the heatshield becomes loose and rattles at a certain rpm. Happened to my g/f's civic and i tore it off in about 5 seconds with a hammer. No harm done , it is only a heat shield.

check that out first. Then check to see any broken sensors.

As for the catylitic converter.......you can get the catco one for like $70 at summitracing.com