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new cat on e36 compact sounds tinny this normal at first?
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:03 pm
by beastwood
hi all
just had a new cat fitted (annoying as it is eating into my poss future e30 cab fund!)after about 25k revs it sounds quite tinny just wondering if this is normal or should i take it back to see if the heat shield etc is loose?
tia
dave
Re: new cat on e36 compact sounds tinny this normal at first
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:19 pm
by wackiacki
posibility of a faulty cat,and worth getting checked if your not sure but,new exhaust sections generaly are tinny for a hundred miles or so untill engine deposits settle in the new parts and slow the flow of gasses further.
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:04 am
by beastwood
cheers for that
will give it a few hundred mile or so and see if it quiets down.
rgds
dave
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:19 pm
by mash320i
is it genuine? if its not i have fitted a few none gen ones that sound tinny
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:00 pm
by beastwood
nope i would imagine not genuine as it was from one of them kwiky type places..
been back to them and they said give it a few weeks and if not they would replace with a dif make..
did your tinny ones go quiet?
cheers
dave
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:02 pm
by mash320i
they wont from my experience go quiet, non gen ones seem to be like that! at least they said they would change it for you! i fitted one on my sisters golf and that is still tinny
ash
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:09 pm
by beastwood
thx for that ash..
ill survive with it for a few weeks if i keep my windows closed..then take it back hehe