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folks this is for all those who have a late 98 model and up gs , if you drive somewgat aggressively and have less then 80k miles on your car have your cat convertors checked


i was hearing a faint rattle under my car for a few weeks and decidied to get underneath there and have someone rev the car .. i checked the entire exaust system , hangers and sheilds and nothing was loose well the rattle started to now sound like rocks in the system .. took it in to my dealer seeing that i know lexus covers emmissions for 8 years or 80k miles and had my guys use there listening device and sure eneough both of my cat are breaking apart.. these cats are around 700 a piece plus 2 hrs min labor to change




mine is covered under the warranty for i just turned 75k , have yours checked if you are within warranty period and save yourselves at least 1200+ for having to pay , if you hear even the slightlest rattle or rock like rumbling within the system demand it be changed under emissions warranty

 

damn.... $^#$#%$$$%#%^#%^ #%@#$@$ @@$ @$%@% @%$ damnit i'm now at 96k and when i bought the car heard that and didnt kno wut it was.. when i revved the cari'd hear it when the idle started to drop.. lol... maybe i'll get highflo cats now?? sike i dunno we'll see when i get a check engine light for it

 

Very interesting. I had the Cats on my 02 rav4 replaced under warranty not to long ago and it only has 20k on it.. The check engine light came on and the truck felt lethargic. They told me it would be a 1200.00 job, but it is covered under warranty. They told me to carbon buld up caused the cats to go bad. Never did the emissions cleaning on the Rav until after the fix. I do it religiously with the GS to prevent cat problems. Yeah guys need to be on top of the emissions cleaning. Get it done every 10k. My GS is beyond the 80k warranty but she runs good thank GOD.

 

What exactly do you get cleaned? Whats the cost?

 

Ed, I thought you were going to tell us that a real cat had destroyed something under your car! Good looking out! I'm still in the warranty period with just 65,000 miles!-wringo

 

I have my guy use the Runrite. You know whwn the product works when you see smoke bellowing from your exhausts...It is very good. http://runrite.com/industry/products01a.htm
Also http://my.is/forums/showthread.php?t=254970

 

I hate cats too, those little.........OH,OH you mean catalytic converters

glad you got it taken care in time for warranty Ed. you'll have to let us know if car runs different.

 

chuck

i am 100% sure it will for the honeycomb mat on the inside is breaking up and must/will interupt exaust flow .. the car does feel alittle sluggish and my gasmilage went way down recently

 

Before I put on my Tanabe catback system, I didn't hear any rattling. I guess the Tanabe will save my stock cat some life once I put those back on to sell. Currently at 89k miles.

 

no such thing as a true cat back system for the gs its resonater back from the center y pipe so your cats are still being used

 

Darn

 

okay folks had the cats swapped out on tuesday , they were destroyed , the honeycombs on the inside broke apart and were moving around


bill was 2500 to replace both cats but praise god mine was still under emmissions warr


to those who are under the 8year and /or 80k mark have your cats looked at and listened to for again changing them is a major hit to the pocket

 

Damn $2500, wonder why they went so quick? My old LS had 200k and 10 years old with original cats when I sold it.

 

Nobody should pay $2500 for new cats....if I was to pay out of pocket, definately get some aftermarket ones and just have a shop weld them on.

 

That is some serious cash $$$. Yeah guys got to stay on top of things with the ride.