All year my moms car soon to be mine has had a large rattling/bumping noise in the back of the car it wasn't so bad to began with but now you can hear it just driving down the street. They say that it is the catalytic converter and that I need a new one dose this sound right if it is whats a good price to pay and if it isn't whats wrong?
If the cats rattling/bumping then its safe to say it needs to be replaced. The element has comes loose inside and no longer is operating correctly. Sometimes it will set a check engine light sometimes not. If your unsure about the source of the noise check to make sure its not a loose exhaust hanger. You can try to move the pipe at different points to see if you can find where it might be hitting and causing the noise. If it seems tight you can rule that out. I once had a customer bring me a truck that had the spare tire under the back of the truck. It was loose and bumping around and caused him to think there was a real problem. Do a little inspection you will at least feel better about it. As for the price, I install them for $380.00 thats parts and labor. I use dynomax brand. Not the cheapest not the most expensive either.
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If the catalytic converter is making a rattling noise you need to have it replace before it comes completely apart inside and plugs up the exhaust system.
If the cats rattling/bumping then its safe to say it needs to be replaced. The element has comes loose inside and no longer is operating correctly. Sometimes it will set a check engine light sometimes not. If your unsure about the source of the noise check to make sure its not a loose exhaust hanger. You can try to move the pipe at different points to see if you can find where it might be hitting and causing the noise. If it seems tight you can rule that out. I once had a customer bring me a truck that had the spare tire under the back of the truck. It was loose and bumping around and caused him to think there was a real problem. Do a little inspection you will at least feel better about it. As for the price, I install them for $380.00 thats parts and labor. I use dynomax brand. Not the cheapest not the most expensive either.
From the symptoms you describe, it certainly sounds like it's a possibility. The sound that you describe could be the Catalyst media disintegrating. If you have O2 sensors both before and after the Catalytic Converter, it would probably throw a code, but if you only have one upstream, it wouldn't. It wouldn't produce any excess back-pressure. That's only if it's clogged up, which is a different problem. If you want to be sure that's what it is, get the car lifted up, and listen to see if it sounds like the noise is coming from inside the Catalytic Converter, and if you can hear a similar noise out of the tailpipe. While you're down there, you could check for loose or broken hangers, a rotted out muffler or tailpipe, and other things like that that it could conceivably be. People who can't see it or listen to it aren't going to be able to tell you for sure, just what to look for. And some people here just plain don't know what they're talking about. As far as price to fix it, that's difficult to say without even knowing what kind of car it is, whether it's a welded system or not, or what the labor rates are like in your area.
yes they will help, but make sure you also use products that protect your hair from the heat. Deep condition it every now and then and use heat protector on it before you straighten it. Avoid dying your hair if you straighten it a lot.
Ceramic plates help a tremendous amount. I use to use one of those cheap ones; and it dried my hair out pretty bad; Ceramic helps protect from drying it out as much; so now i have a ceramic; and i can tell a difference. try it! :)
If the catalytic converter is making a rattling noise you need to have it replace before it comes completely apart inside and plugs up the exhaust system.
From the symptoms you describe, it certainly sounds like it's a possibility. The sound that you describe could be the Catalyst media disintegrating. If you have O2 sensors both before and after the Catalytic Converter, it would probably throw a code, but if you only have one upstream, it wouldn't. It wouldn't produce any excess back-pressure. That's only if it's clogged up, which is a different problem. If you want to be sure that's what it is, get the car lifted up, and listen to see if it sounds like the noise is coming from inside the Catalytic Converter, and if you can hear a similar noise out of the tailpipe. While you're down there, you could check for loose or broken hangers, a rotted out muffler or tailpipe, and other things like that that it could conceivably be. People who can't see it or listen to it aren't going to be able to tell you for sure, just what to look for. And some people here just plain don't know what they're talking about. As far as price to fix it, that's difficult to say without even knowing what kind of car it is, whether it's a welded system or not, or what the labor rates are like in your area.
