2 much boost and my car pooped out the ceramic cats!

badblack550xi · 05-06-2015, 12:05 AM

hahaha i thought it was wood inside my exhaust at 1st.

r33_RGSport · 05-06-2015, 12:27 AM

@badblack550xi wow, lucky nothing bad happened.
Time for catless now, hahaha.

badblack550xi · 05-06-2015, 12:32 AM

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@badblack550xi wow, lucky nothing bad happened.
Time for catless now, hahaha.

well im sure some is still stuck inside my pipes

r33_RGSport · 05-06-2015, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by r33_RGSport

@badblack550xi wow, lucky nothing bad happened.
Time for catless now, hahaha.

well im sure some is still stuck inside my pipes

Uh, need to clear them out before it becomes a problem.

badblack550xi · 05-06-2015, 09:41 AM

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Uh, need to clear them out before it becomes a problem.

wonder if manufacturer will take care of it....

FenixMike · 05-06-2015, 09:44 AM

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wonder if manufacturer will take care of it....

most have a 10 year 100K emissions warranty on factory vehicles... but the stock units have to go back so if you have downpipes you might be SOL.

badblack550xi · 05-06-2015, 09:53 AM

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most have a 10 year 100K emissions warranty on factory vehicles... but the stock units have to go back so if you have downpipes you might be SOL.

imatalking about the Performance Catted down pipes i got and not a cheap knock off.

///M5Driver · 05-06-2015, 09:54 AM

This is why I went catless =)

gclions · 05-06-2015, 10:03 AM

Realistically, I'm not sure what they could do. Large pieces hung up where you can see them in the mid-pipes, possibly can be retrieved. The rest of the cat material has been blown to the resonator/mufflers. Even removing the exhaust sections doesn't help much without making cuts before resonator or before mufflers.

Likely you won't notice performance problems, though if only one side is like this you'll get a check engine light with associated emissions codes for the affected side. You may however get rattles at certain resonances due to the pieces vibrating inside whichever portions they got hung up in. I would think over time the pieces would vibrate and crumble to the point they get blown into the mufflers.

As far as the downpipes are concerned, I would think the manufacturer of the downpipes would offer some compensation, or at least a new set of downpipes for the trouble. You haven't had them that long, what two years? No reason the cat material should have failed this early.

combatbmw · 05-06-2015, 02:13 PM

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wonder if manufacturer will take care of it....

Yes dude, they have too.

AR right?

email them

badblack550xi · 05-08-2015, 12:10 AM

emailed AR never got a response

r33_RGSport · 05-08-2015, 12:24 AM

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emailed AR never got a response

Maybe it is time to just knock the rest of the cat cells and make it catless.

badblack550xi · 05-08-2015, 12:35 AM

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Maybe it is time to just knock the rest of the cat cells and make it catless.

basically

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gclions Second Lieutenant 78 Rep 249 Posts Drives: 2011 550i Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Chesapeake, VA iTrader: (0)	Realistically, I'm not sure what they could do. Large pieces hung up where you can see them in the mid-pipes, possibly can be retrieved. The rest of the cat material has been blown to the resonator/mufflers. Even removing the exhaust sections doesn't help much without making cuts before resonator or before mufflers. Likely you won't notice performance problems, though if only one side is like this you'll get a check engine light with associated emissions codes for the affected side. You may however get rattles at certain resonances due to the pieces vibrating inside whichever portions they got hung up in. I would think over time the pieces would vibrate and crumble to the point they get blown into the mufflers. As far as the downpipes are concerned, I would think the manufacturer of the downpipes would offer some compensation, or at least a new set of downpipes for the trouble. You haven't had them that long, what two years? No reason the cat material should have failed this early. __________________ 2011 BMW 550 i / Sophisto Grey / BMS Stage 2
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