Re: E36 - catalytic converter rattles

[Tony Canike <canike@xxxxxxxxx>]

My shop (not dealer) welded mine twice - once at about 75K and again at 
about 150K.   My 87 325(eta) with 210K  still has the factory cat and front 
pipe.   Or maybe I should say it has the factory cat *shell* and front 
pipe....who knows what's left of the cat guts.  (No violin jokes please)

Tony.


>My E36 has developed a awful rattle in the exhaust.  I had the local shop
>look at it and found the factory welds that hold the cat in place on the
>pipe are broken.  Has anyone tried to weld this back?  The joint looks like
>it could be ground and rewelded, but the shop and the dealer won't touch it!
>The say pay $1500 for a new Cat and pipe.
>
>Any ideas on the cheapest/best way to fix this would be appreciated.
>
>Scott
>
>96' 328i
>72' 911T

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