Had a ticking noise coming from the engine bay so i took it to my boy at golden auto in s.f.. around my first precat it's cracked and has a small hole in it.. i'll post some pics later...

 

first failure i've heard of. i want to see pics of where the hole is.

 

PM Richiev6, he'll probably resolve this issue with a new pipe.

 

richie's great. he'll handle it...probably swap em' out for a new set.

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/members/soseductivesf-197404-albums-precat-cracked-2174/

 

Dude threads like this are pointless
You shoulda made the thread after richie replaced it no questions asked

He does offer a full lifetime warranty, course he likes to have the pipe back so he can get credit for it having been returned and it also allows the manuf to correct the issue of why that pipe failed

 

Just saw ur pic looks like a seam on the weld went bad, nothing major, richie will replace it as I stated

 

I wouldn't doubt he'd take care of me but i've never heard of anyone having problems with the deletes.. I'm wondering if a defect caused this or something in my car caused the precat to crack.. I've only had it for like 5 months and noticed lately a ticking noise that sounded like the valves..

 

Yeah the crack actually goes all around like it could come completely off

 

did you get a check engine light too???

 

Damn thats crazy..

 

no cel but it sounds pretty raspy... do you think i lost power because of it?

 

There have been 4 failures out of ~90 sets. So that is 180 individual deletes or a failure rate of 2.2% Just shoot me a email and I will replace it.

 

+1

no need to make a thread like this untill you get the replacement. its like your trying to make richies products look bad, which they arent at all

 

definetly not my intention.. I thought I was the first with this problem.

 

Hey Golden auto in SF You know happen To Know an Eddie S. there?

 

Dayum 90 sets

I thought you were at like 50 or 60

 

Richie is a good guy with a nice product. I too have worried about the welds on the pipes. His customer service is so good that I don't worry that much .

 

HMMM I wonder...

Richie said its happened 4x .... is it possible, that broken motor mounts, causing excessive engine movement, lead to the pre-cat cracking

 

Good point

I am convinced it may also be a flaw in the installers part of they don't tighten the 4bolt flange last. And also it only requires to be torqued to no more than 15lbs

I'd migweld it if it was at the seam, then spray the entire think black rather than having to deal with shipping rofl

 

^ really? 15lbs? i thought it was like 30 or 38lbs tq

 

I don't think that was his intention at all, I think he was trying to see if anyone else had experienced the same issue. We all know RV6 has great products, the test pipes are a blessing for the 3G TL best bang for your buck.

 

trust you me it aint 30... unless you want to snap the studs off and you will be shit out of luck with a broken stud in your head

 

So richie sent me a new precat, I had it installed..I drove around maybe 100miles and on the way back home my CEL came on P305...then p302.. So I pulled into a gas station... My navi was directing me to the nearest Acura dealer(oakland Acura)..on my way there the car really started sputtering bad and then all of a sudden it cut off on me.. It wouldn't start up again so
i had it towed to Oakland Acura.. The code p0341 popped up(camshaft position I think)..I gonna take my precats off and take it to the dealer.. Any idea why this happened?

 

wow. omg

 

did u reset the ecu? leave the battery unplugged for a while.

 

i did and the car dosent turn over at all it smells like gas.... I do have about 40k(back n forth to Sac) So I don't think I'm gnna mess around with it.. The question(s) are if it's under warranty and should i remove my pre cats b4 bringing it in..

 

Definitely take the pre-cats off first and any other mods they could blame the problem on.

 

doesn't sound precat delete realated, my guess is one of your coils is bad

 

^ ditto... i was think coil packs too... the first codes you threw mean, misfire.... so its either ECU related, EGR valve, coil pack, some bad sensor....or you've some SERIOUS engine problems...

 

^ and the shake... car won't start makes me beleive its both bad coils + plugs

 

How could that happen all of a sudden? whatever it is it should be under warranty right?

 

eh, stuff happens. maybe the guy who put ur new one on F'd it up!

 

totally unrelated problems lol. but how ar eyour motor mounts? that could cause the pcd to crack. mine ar ebusted and ive cracke dmy headers twice

 

bad coils or shot motor....

 

Na the guys at golden auto do a pretty good job. I bring my car there too
Mike is a cool guy he'll take care of ya

 

So I took the car to the dealer I'll keep you updated, There was a bunch of blown fuses and we replaced them and finally got it started.. I was missing pretty badly with a blinking CEL.. It was running so rich you could smell the gas...

 

cylinder 5 coil was burned and sparkplug damaged.. The guy said it should be under warranty but has to check with district manager because of my intake

 

because of your intake

atleast I was right

reason: I knew this was your problem because I had the very same thing on my integra when I first got it

 

Well update they're gonna replace the 5th cylinder.. et 1-2weeks.. and the worst part i got a loaner tsx!