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Genuine Catalytic Converter

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18 Jul 2013 18:50 #77471 by markyp2000
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Busta wrote: My exhaust split just infront of the cat. I would normally have gone for one of the £70 ebay ones but as the car was still under dealer warranty I bought a slightly more expensive (but still non-genuine) one from euro car parts.

At about £105 I expected it to come with a heatshield, but it didn't, and retro-fitting the suzuki heat shield wouldn't have been easy. It hasn't caused any management issues though.


Euro car parts :laugh: :woohoo: do hope your going to keep the invoice safe as it will possably fail the mot nex year

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18 Jul 2013 20:06 #77478 by i5jimny
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It's ok it will be genuine as it is a local garage doing the work and not the dealer i bought the Jimny from. The bill for parts & labour is over £1000 so I have to admit to being well pleased with response from dealer I purchased from, I was expecting to have a bit of bother getting them to authorise the work.

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18 Jul 2013 20:18 - 13 Aug 2013 21:24 #77480 by dirtydogz
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helijohn wrote:

dirtydogz wrote: I second that, get it welded and save your self some money, I've just had my cat welded for £20 and it's just passed the M.O.T.


Did you remove it or did the repairer do the teardown as well as the welding or was it done in situ?? :unsure: :unsure:

Yes I removed the cat off the jimny and market the cat with a marker pen so the welder could line it up before i removed it.
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18 Jul 2013 20:50 #77485 by Johnniehec
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dirtydogz wrote:

helijohn wrote:

dirtydogz wrote: I second that, get it welded and save your self some money, I've just had my cat welded for £20 and it's just passed the M.O.T.


Did you remove it or did the repairer do the teardown as well as the welding or was it done in situ?? :unsure: :unsure:

Yes I removed the cat for the jimny and market the cat with a marker pen so the welder could line it up before i removed it.



It's a common problem, mine split there, easy weld as it's sleeved.
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18 Jul 2013 23:55 - 19 Jul 2013 07:56 #77499 by Busta
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markyp2000 wrote:

Busta wrote: My exhaust split just infront of the cat. I would normally have gone for one of the £70 ebay ones but as the car was still under dealer warranty I bought a slightly more expensive (but still non-genuine) one from euro car parts.

At about £105 I expected it to come with a heatshield, but it didn't, and retro-fitting the suzuki heat shield wouldn't have been easy. It hasn't caused any management issues though.


Euro car parts :laugh: :woohoo: do hope your going to keep the invoice safe as it will possably fail the mot nex year

MOT next month so we'll soon find out! I've had lots of non-genuine cats before without trouble. Is the Jimny particularly susceptible to failing on emissions? I've got the old one I welded up on the shelf anyway.
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13 Aug 2013 09:20 #79742 by Busta
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Just to follow this up, it passed the MOT with the non-genuine CAT and no problems whatsoever.

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