new cat on e36 compact sounds tinny this normal at first?

[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

[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.

[beastwood]

cheers for that

will give it a few hundred mile or so and see if it quiets down.


rgds
dave

[mash320i]

is it genuine? if its not i have fitted a few none gen ones that sound tinny

[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

[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

[beastwood]

thx for that ash..

ill survive with it for a few weeks if i keep my windows closed..then take it back hehe