nowhereboy Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 So what started as a small rattle from the rear of my exhaust has turned into a loud vibration that sounds like stones are bouncing around in there. The noise stops when any throttle is applied so i presume it's probably the cats failing? Originaly I thought it may be a heat shield but it's got worse as tme goes on. I am yet to have a proper look at it but I'll try to get it up on the jack tonight. If it is the cats I'm faced with a choice of what to do, ideally I'd fit some hfc's but as I've just bought a type R I'm not really in a position to fork out for them. So..... Option one would be to replace with standard cats, what should I expect to pay for them second hand? I'm not to keen on this option as I'd rather upgrade the parts if I'm going to have to spend the money sorting it. If they are very cheap however it may be worth doing for the time being. Second option would be to buy some decent decat pipes (cobra etc), I've read mixed opinions on decats on this forum, some report a big decrease in torque and others say it made no difference. I'm not to worried about MOT time as I plan on getting HFC's before the next MOT anyway. I don't want a decrease in power tho, I'd rather not bother if that is the case. Third option live on beans on toast for the rest of the month and buy the HFC's now things always go wrong at the worst possible times!! Quote
Ian Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 I've got some stock cats that you can have cheaply 1 Quote
brillomaster Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 there really isn't any point in buying secondhand cats or decats now, knowing full well you're going to get HFCs come MOT time - might as well just fork out for HFCs now. how are you looking on credit cards/overdraft situation? Quote
gunny reed Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 I should check heat shield first, I had a rattling noise from exhaust which got worse the more I drove the z, so took to garage and hey presto it was a loose heat sheald, fixed now ok. Quote
nowhereboy Posted February 3, 2015 Author Posted February 3, 2015 I'll double check tonight just incase it is the heat shield. I don't have a credit card or an overdraft, I'm not in any debt or anything so could happily buy the HFC's on finance if I could find a shop that allows that, I'd just pay them off next month. Driftworks don't do them, I'm not aware of any other places to try. Quote
brillomaster Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 get your bank on the case - should be able to get a planned overdraft of £1000 no problems which is probably the easiest way to get some funds, or the cheapest way would be to apply for a 0% credit card. 1 Quote
Mark@Abbey m/s Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 We see a lot of 350Z's with the Cat shields rusting and falling off. I would say around 50% of the car we see for service we remove the heat shields to cure rattles. any questions ask away 1 Quote
nowhereboy Posted February 4, 2015 Author Posted February 4, 2015 Cheers mark, the noise has mysteriously vanished this morning. I'll report back if it re-appears Quote
GT Driver Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 Funnily enough I've had a similar noise coming from the drivers side Cat, video below: I had it up on the ramp and the mechanic tried pressing and prying the cat to see if the sound would disappear, but it didn't. He seemed to think it was inside the cat. Sounds like a stone bouncing around like you said above. Quote
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