Dirt track + lowered = mess, blowing noise

[kerry-w]

Hi,

Well had to go down a long track last night to get to someones house, they didnt explain it as being as bad as it was, so problems quickly arose.

I took it slowly so nothing would scrape, got halfway up the hill, slippery mud meant the wheels lost grip, spun, cue wheel smoke + clutch.

So after this failiure I went back down, put a lot more speed into it, got up the hill however at some point there was a rather masive scrape and clunk noise which I knew would be bad news

So now theres a blowing noise when the cars idling, doesnt seem so bad when its hitting revs though. Looked under and theres pretty much mud and bits of field stuck in the subframe and all over the cat + exhaust mounts, clamps etc.

Im pretty sure its the cat thats been cracked and is now blowing as theres some kind of dim eggy smell too. From the cat back is a brand new pipe and backbox and cant see anything that has touched that.

Could it be cracked or could something have been knocked out of place? Taking it to the garage Wednesday because I have work before and wont have time to. Last time something like this happened I risked it for a day and had the backbox rip clean off going through town though so dont want the same to happen any advise would be great

Thanks, moral of the story is im never going to drive down dodgy dirt tracks again, was fun though having the back sliding around abit on the mud :rasp:

 

[Goodj]

Without pics, there is no advice to give.
Without a ramp, there are no pics.
Moral of the story: This is why Rally cars don't have Lowz y0

 

[Addicted]

moral of the story: why have a car so low it render's the car unusable?

 

[kerry-w]

Without pics, there is no advice to give.
Without a ramp, there are no pics.
Moral of the story: This is why Rally cars don't have Lowz y0

Quite hard to get pics under the car from a distance thats really visible, I thought the eggy smell would have helped as ive been told thats a smel the cat can make when its on its way out/gone?

moral of the story: why have a car so low it render's the car unusable?

Its at -40mm, hardly unuseable, its on a dirt track with grooves where cars go over it, meaning the middle of it is raised so it goes closer to the underside. Its not exactly a road id take the car down on a daily basis.

 

[Goodj]

moral of the story: why have a car so low it render's the car unusable?

Was going to say it, but no-one ever listens.

Everyone hee fancies themselves as chassis engineers
"rock hard and skimming the tarmac? Yeah, that's a great idea!"

 

[Goodj]

Its at -40mm, hardly unuseable, its on a dirt track with grooves where cars go over it, meaning the middle of it is raised so it goes closer to the underside. Its not exactly a road id take the car down on a daily basis.

Friend of mine lives down a similar type of road, the trenches are a good number of inches deep but my standard 172 could still get down them without incident.

Not fair to say it's the same idea though, as the track you were on could be much, much worse. From what I know of Welsh back roads and villages, it most likely was.

Anyway, lowz could have cost you a cat here. Whichever way you look at it, that aint cool.

 

[clancy]

crack in the cat, or possibly come loose at the join from the cat to the rear pipe ? mines loose there at the minute and is blowing, sounds like flickering paper

 

[kerry-w]

Got the car back and a rock had just knocked the join from the cat to the pipe as said above replaced it and its perfect again, and he tightened the handbrake for me yet again too.