A hole was found on the exhaust pipe of my 97 camry. The mechanic suggested me to replace the pipe as well as converter. It is really expensive! I am wondering if I have to replace the converter?

 

Where is location of hole?

 

Is it at the flex pipe before the CAT?

 

Toyota Dealer?

 

Can't just cut out CAT, replace pipe and reweld in place?

 

i have basically the same problem. you could cut it before the cat and replace it there. or on ebay they have a cat up exhaust for cheap. it even comes with headers and a new downpipe. it is just a cheap bolt on kit. im working on getting one

 

http://www.andysautosport.com/toyota...pipes/bassani/

just cut and weld....not a huge deal. Garage wants to switch out the cat so they can sell it. Good metal value

 

Thats not a bad idea, I just replaced my cat after finding like 4 holes. I dont want swiss cheese, thx.

 

on my dads silverado, we just cut the top and bottom out of a soup can, and cut a line in it. Then we wrapped it around the hole and put some pipe clamps on it. works just fine, and sounds normal

 

just cut the whole exhaust off and be as obnoxious as possible