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2003 Honda CR-V: Recommend brand for catalytic converter replacement?
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ppetraki
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Apr 15, 2010, 6:37 AM
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2003 Honda CR-V: Recommend brand for catalytic converter replacement?
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Year of vehicle: 2003
Make of vehicle: Honda
Model of vehicle: CR-V EX
Engine size: 2.3L
Mileage/Kilometers: 117000
My car threw a code over the weekend and the dealer confirmed that it's the cat and it likely needs replacement.
They're quoting me $1600 dollars which is outrageous. After
browsing the web I found several cat replacements starting at $300 from several manufacturers. Can anyone share their
experience with these OEM replacement parts?
http://www.thepartsbin.com/catalog/?N=9190+1631+10608+4294962766+11921
Originally the dealer quoted me 2K saying the part itself
was 1600 dollars. Sigh... Thanks for your time.
Peter
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Tom Greenleaf
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Apr 15, 2010, 7:33 AM
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Original equipment parts will be the best here and worth it in the long run. What is needed is to find out why it needs this as most converters are killed by a fault with engine operation, sensors, wrong fuel mixture etc., and it would just fail again!
If rusted beyond repair that would be different,
T
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ppetraki
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Apr 15, 2010, 7:44 AM
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I can get you the code it threw later this evening. The visual inspection is pretty grim, It's rusted pretty good and had already lost one heat shield with the other hanging by a thread.
Gotta love salty new england roads.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Apr 15, 2010, 9:13 AM
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"Lovely New England Roads" That says it all. I'm in Rusto-chusetts and damn it's fast to mess things up! The heat shields can be fudged and refastened but they wouldn't be throwing a code. If there was a hole from rust - usually at connections those might be fixable with a good welder (I'm just marginal at welding) which is a funky metal and not just plain base steel which welds easily.
No matter - with that expense lurking and IF ENIGNE IS RUNNING JUST FINE - I'd surely test out the converters themselves and try to save the rusted ends or a good (got one in Marlborough, MA) muffler shop can make up the gasket-ed or flanged ends if all else is well. Still not cheap but not 2 grand!
Some places aren't going to want to deal with it short of nice new stuff as it could come back early and they don't want that nor do you I'm sure.
Still suggest real Honda parts if the whole thing has to go. Work with the shop on how to do this right and as reasonable as possible which still might end up the big buck route. Hang on!
T
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Hammer Time
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Apr 15, 2010, 4:30 PM
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I have used a lot of aftermarket Converters and most of the time, they work without a problem. There are some that don't though. Many of the issues have to do with capacity. Some of the aftermarkets are just manufactured right in the fringe with no room for error. There isn't much question that the OEM will be higher quality. The question is whether it has to be the OEM to work. The risk is if you have to buy both, you didn't save anything.
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