My car passed a stone..........:(

[MK1Scirocco16v at comcast.net (Dave Ewing)]

Yeah, it's normal when the cat is burnt and falling apart.  As far as normal
is concerned, no, the cat should not "normally" come apart, if the car is in
proper tune, the cat should last a long time.  Usually when the cat comes
apart like that it will plug the rest of the exhaust system but I don't know
how the TT system is designed for your car so I'm not sure if this will
happen with in this situation.  I have had to replace mufflers and mid
mufflers because the cat pieces will get it and not come out.  I would
replace the cat as soon as possible!!

Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leach, Michael" <michael.leach@lmco.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 10:21 AM
Subject: My car passed a stone..........:(


> Well my Passat's Cat has been coming apart and letting fairly large chunks
> (at least 2) rumble around as they slowly make their way down the exhaust
> system.  He passed his first one yesterday with a little help from me and
a
> screwdriver.  On a side note I have a Tectonics Stainless exhaust with a
> venturi on the end to reduce the noise which reduces the size of the pipe
so
> when the piece finally makes it to the end it can not get out.
>
> Anyway....is this normal for the cat to come apart. Should I just start
> banging on the cat to speed the process??
>
> Thanks
>
> Michael Leach
> MH-60R Integration and Test
> Lockheed Martin Federal Systems
> Owego, NY 13827
> 607-751-7542
> FAX 751-6198
> michael.leach@lmco.com <mailto:michael.leach@lmco.com>
>
>
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