Exaust Rattles

[kielyk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 16:31:50 -0400
>From: "Mudry, Robert (CAP, AMR)" <rob.mudry@domain.elided>
>Subject: <E36 -328/M3> "cat-front" exhaust pipes wanted!

>Hey gang,

<snip>.....

>The reason I'm looking for this piece is because the shields before the
>catalytic converters on my car are loose and are rattling like crazy.
It's
>interesting that the shields cannot be replaced separately - they're part
of
>the whole system.  Also, I cannot remove them since I heard that their job
>is to increase the exhaust temperature going into the catalytic converters
>and if I remove the shields, the oxygen sensors before and after the cats
>will fault the OBD-II.   (Someone correct me if this is BS)   So, if you
>replaced the entire exhaust system and have pipes crowding your garage,
I'll
>gladly buy them from you.>
<snip>

>Rob Mudry
>'96 328is with useless exhaust warranty
>BMW CCA #135536 (NCC)

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Rob,

Why are you taking the "expensive" approach. As I can tell, you have at
least two other approaches. 1)lower the exhaust and rivet the loose
shields. 2) find out which shields are loose and try one of the metalized
expoxy's like JB Weld or Liquid Steel to hold the plates in place.

Am I missing something here?

- -Kevin Kiely
BMWCCA, GGC

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