Got a 318is? Loose the CAT!

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PhilipJL
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Post Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:50 am

Just needed to share the huge improvement I have just got when we removed the catalytic converter from my 318is.

The car is new to me (two months ish) however I do 400 miles a week, so I have been putting some time in... However I increasingly doubted that I was getting full power. The symptoms were not much torque at low revs and lack of anger (for want of a better description) at high revs.

My engineer and I did a mental list of possible problems, top of which was exhaust back-pressure. Next time it was on the ramp the front box came off and 30 minutes later with a big hammer and a steel pipe, we smashed out the contents of the box onto the workshop floor. No more cat. (I was going to add a photo of the shit that came out, but cant work how to...)

What a difference! All symptoms cured, and then some. I can’t be alone with this problem”¦ a 22 year old cat blocking things up. Worth doing.
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Post Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:09 am

i've had 3 'is's and none of them had a cat all have been 91 H plates .
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Post Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:11 am

Never seen one with a cat either.
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Post Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:22 am

Them cats are worth £80 as frag. £80 buys a lot of P40 etc..........
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Post Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:58 am

Well its was there, pretending its a front box...

Do you mean 80 quid scrap value? That something I missed. Might have to scoop it out of the bin!
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Post Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:02 am

PhilipJL wrote:Well its was there, pretending its a front box...

Do you mean 80 quid scrap value? That something I missed. Might have to scoop it out of the bin!
£80 to take off whole and sell on
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Post Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:03 am

pacerpete wrote:Them cats are worth £80 as frag. £80 buys a lot of P40 etc..........
Wheres the local frag place that accepts them pete?
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