Sports cats might be a slight excess for a 2.8
Without the impending MoT emission test I couldn’t say the cat is ok but it passed the last test ok and it’s only done a few thousand miles since then. The flexi is the impending failure however, it has lost all its wire reenforcement and is definitely looking in serious distress at the rear joint. No dice with forum sponsors so it looks like a journey into replacement land. Only way to find out if a weld in flexi section is a go is to remove the cat (which then needs new manifold studs because they are eroded to nothing) and go from there. But the price of a “cheap” replacement and the fact it’s all coming off for a flexi might just make throwing a new one at it and seeing what happens the easier option! Or I could just hope the old one just hangs on....it’s lasted 20 odd years...right?
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PF late '97 D2 2.8 Aluminium Silver. Solar roof, Full Heated Leather, Double Glazing, 17" wheels, Sports Steering Wheel, Cruise, Blinds, Bose sound.
Fiat Tipo diseasel econobox with all the buttons and none of the soul that now does all the heavy lifting.
Ford Capri Laser: noisy, slow, thirsty, bouncy, no buttons but it always sounds like it’s REALLY trying and I can’t help but chuckle when it parps and boings along. And people of a certain age stare at it with a wistful look in their eyes that clearly says…I had one of them. And I sold it because of the kids
