tiny pin hole in cat?

[Alex Ratcliffe]

Hey i took car recently for some new exhaust brackets to quick fit brackets were slightly lose on the pipes all sorted now, anyway main point the mechanic mentioned a tiny tiny pin hole maybe smaller size hole in the middle underside of my catalitic converter £450 to fix parts ect ect, this was late feb he advised of this is there any cheaper way round this of is replacement the only way forward and is there going to be any bad results from that hole being there whilst currently driving?

thanks any advice helpful

Alex

 

[CJM]

Just weld it up?
Take all of 2 minuets including jacking the car up.

 

[Alex Ratcliffe]

cheers those kwit fit cheeky buggers

 

[Alex Ratcliffe]

exhaust same quote around 450 quick fit, local garage said £20 weld will last 4-6 months again until it might need further attention

 

[DrR]

Kwik fit? Go to a different garage.

 

[Goodj]

Kwik fit can fit tyres and brakes (in fact, if they're still doing lifetime brake pads, that's worth it on a non-track car)]

Other than that, try anywhere else. Where abouts are you fella, might be able to find you a local CS member who's also a mechanic. Certainly going to be usefull when your cambelt needs doing

 

[piranhamatt]

You could buy 3 cat converters brand new for that price. If welding is only a temp fix a new cat would be cheaper than the "£450 repair job"

 

[Alex Ratcliffe]

i know took it to garage and they welded it for £15 solid now no lil pops or gases
even full system performance kits are under kwick fit price for just their standard cat

 

[davo172]

Flol cliosport has saved you many times the joining fee !!

 

[Alex Ratcliffe]

hehe glad i joined that day then

 

[imprezaworks]

Decat, nice mot chap, lots of noise. And stay away from kwik cash