See the insulation has broken away and is partially blocking the cat

 

Borescope through the O2 sensor bung? My kid's broken XKR has only this code and the shop told him to buy a reman engine and pay them $26,350

 

No as in my previous thread i bought a cheap davico and replaced the cat. I kept the cat and scoped it but you are right voukd have done this installed through the 02. I think my cat is perfectly good except for that rope insulation that has came loose and when running is blowing like crazy blocking air. I see some shiny pieces as well but think its reflections of a some of the catalytic crap. I advise before getting a new cat check this out. I am saving it snd will get it cut open and fixed.

 

Aw, that's right. I'd just read it. Forgive me, I'm on narcotics because a kidney stone has been kicking my *** for three days now. You did post on two different threads though, so it was a bit cryptic.

 

Yes a bit confusing just wanted others to be aware of this condition and thought better to post it under a new thread. Hope ot eorks out for your son as something a lot smaller thsn than a new engine.

 

I do believe you said Rock Auto, and I just sent the kid the link. MUCH better than the $3k from Jaguar.

 

His cat msybe ok might just be the foam has came apart like mine. But i guess you can do that at a later time.

 

One more

 

The foam came apart on one of the cats on my old '07 XKR after a track day.

 

Were you able to fix it?

 

No and unfortunately it happened just before Xmas so I got my mechanic to gut both cats otherwise the car would have been off the road for a week or two and I had visitors coming to stay.

The car was stupidly loud without them and the exhaust fumes permeated everything so I spent the next year or so trying different combinations of sports cars and intermediate mufflers to try and get rid of the rasp and drone.

 

FYI, I run 200 cell davicos. Coupled with the stock exhaust system, it sounds great. Really! Louder, throatier (lol), grumblier(lmao).
I did have the exhaust fuse removed but elected to put it back in. Reason being its fun for the short drives... and terribly annoying on the long drives.
I did call davico to confirm my order. This was years ago, now.

fwiw.
G.