How can you tell if the cat\'s on it\'s last legs?

[Wombat-007]

Hey everyone. Is there any way to tell if the cat on my 92 rex is knackered. Is it possable to pull it off the car and tell by looking inside?
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated
 
Regards
Phil

[m4drx]

pick it up and shake it

easiest way is that as bits should basically fall out or just swap it and test.

[rx7veilside]

bit cruel the rspca will be after u:rollin

[RobMatthews]

bit cruel the rspca will be after u:rollin

Mr veilside beat me to it lol

[travellinbob]

yep if it is off its food and looks a wee bit wobbly then its not got too long to go. Sorry to be the bearewr of bad news. maybe try a dog next?? they live quite long i\'ve heard.
 cheers, michael.

[colly]

I wouldn\'t mind seeing a seroius answer to this question myself

[leon]

As someone said, i dont think there is a definative test except taking the cat off the car and shaking/upending it. when i did mine half of its guts fell out onto the floor.

i do know a symptom can be that the cat will overheat in trafic causing the heat warninglight to come on, perhaps also a rattle from the lose baffles inside? hope that helps :Thumbs-up

[colly]

As someone said, i dont think there is a definative test except taking the cat off the car and shaking/upending it. when i did mine half of its guts fell out onto the floor.

i do know a symptom can be that the cat will overheat in trafic causing the heat warninglight to come on, perhaps also a rattle from the lose baffles inside? hope that helps :Thumbs-up

So basically you just take off the midpipe and give it a good shake? If it was a bit broken up would the bits not be flying out of the exhaust anyway (avoiding the need to check it)

[batman]

off there food hair loss lethargic attitude ?

[Nik da Greek]

off there food hair loss lethargic attitude ?

That may well be just a flea allergy, mate. Get some Frontline or similar treatment on it, works wonders!

[Bobbit]

Our cat found it quite hard to jump up onto thing like the couch, back end went out on it. Know all about that one myself now!

[batman]

:Laugh this post has me tickled

[batman]

I wouldn\'t mind seeing a seroius answer to this question myself

ok a cat is basically a block of precious metals that in the corect order filter the harmfull emmissions and convert them into h20 an other less harmfull gasses cat converters have many faults and problems the easiest to see and hear is the rattle the block becomes loose and bangs about .
2 the cat its self can suffer from pertrol flooding if the engine is to rich the leading edge odf the cat and soak fuel and set fire to iself internally melting the front edge and creating poor performance as the filter rate is to grate
3 oil can do the same without the fire but can block the small holes in the cat causing a ristriction and again lack of power .
you can have the cats sent away for testiong or an mot sniffer can give you a good idea if its coking blocked or not working . hope that helps after my funny five mins :WaveBye

[Bobbit]

you can have the cats sent away for testing

You cannot, the buggers wont go in their box without clawing your hands off :rollin

[batman]

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