Thread: Is this a Catalytic converter?

...this is immensely entertaining!...and I feel less of an idiot now, that i don't even know if my Disco has a Cat!

But mystery is still not solve though....any gurus out there who can put the matter beyond question?

BTW, there's some markings and letterings on the "thing". I will crawl under tommorrow with a wire brush and see if i could find some clues.

1. Get hole saw od same as od pipe.
2. Weld extension onto saw.
3. Drill hole through cat.
4. Shove pipe through cat and weld to each end of existing pipe. Keep the new pipe cut to within 1/4"of end of cat so when you wled you can just double pass and it looks std.
5. The "flat cat" has offset entry/exit. This is harder.

Hint 1. look for a foreign market where your model was released w/out cats. It's a model derivative then and the RTA will pass it (well mine has it noted on the rego info).

Hint 2. Based on hint 1 I have no cats. Also removes several kg's.

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

After I ripped the front out of the round one mine are gone too. Same emissions, better flow, better performance (all pre/post dyco tests).

Hi Clubagreenie,

Do you mean you had exactly the same thing on your TD5?...And when you "ripped the front out" did you see if there's the platinum honeycomb inside?

thanxs!

Originally Posted by RAVOLVER

...this is immensely entertaining!...and I feel less of an idiot now, that i don't even know if my Disco has a Cat!

But mystery is still not solve though....any gurus out there who can put the matter beyond question?

BTW, there's some markings and letterings on the "thing". I will crawl under tommorrow with a wire brush and see if i could find some clues.

Just so it's clear..... similar to what it's designed to do for your exhaust..... it's a DIESEL cat convertor for a TD5 fitted to some BUT NOT ALL D2a Discoverys.
Some were fitted based on pending emissions laws that were pushed back to approx 2006ish here. Subsequently SOME had cats, SOME didn't which is why mine, an MY03 did have one that I removed, and some later ones on MY04 that don't. In fact even some of the later MY02 also had them fitted.
As for the legalities of removing it, technically it wasn't an ADR requirement as there were no ADR's in place inforced by law so there is no reason why it doesn't comply with the ADR's at time of manufacture.
Diesel vehicles delivered with a cat were based on pre emptive design rules not enforced or written into law.

Would like to see this mystical cat with the electrical plug though....

The guru hath spoken

Andrew

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Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

Would like to see this mystical cat with the electrical plug though....

And:

But you haven't turned it on!!!!


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They're defo switched on.....you can see their eyes glowing!

My Disco/Ford mate finally got back to me, his TD5 DOESN'T have a cat!
They apparently me the emission standards without them.