Turbo Problem

[Cyto]

When the HG blew, he had to take everything off, when he put it back together, he found out that water had gotten in the exhaust and melted the honeycomb in the Cat, at first he thought it was the wastegate. The problem: not wanting to rev up.
Solution: Gutting the Cat of everything(straight pipe down the back now).

[cre]

Originally Posted by Cyto

water had gotten in the exhaust and melted the honeycomb

Utter bullshit. Water is always flowing past the cat, it's a natural byproduct of the combustion process... besides, ceramic, platinum, manganese, iron, nickel, palladium and rhodium are not water soluble and all have a much higher melting/burning point than water could ever achieve...

[Cyto]

Originally Posted by cre

Utter bullshit. Water is always flowing past the cat, it's a natural byproduct of the combustion process... besides, ceramic, platinum, manganese, iron, nickel, palladium and rhodium are not water soluble and all have a much higher melting/burning point than water could ever achieve...

All that was said by a local mechanic, I figured it was stupid. I didn't question it though, however; he did completely strip everything out of the converter.
I'm not too car savvy, so bare with me? lol

[cre]

I wasn't questioning your intelligence... I was pointing out that that remark was either based in pure ignorance or it was a complete fabrication for who knows what reason.

[Cyto]

Its k, he's a drunk redneck... So you're not offending me in any way...