A guy I work with has a '05 Mini with 200k+ miles on it. He's had some costly repairs done lately, and another one just came up. It started loosing power at speed. Shop said they think it's a bad catalytic converter. This car has a manifold, to cat, to another cat one piece unit. They quoted him $4k for the repair, using OEM exhaust. I see you can buy aftermarket for $400-500. He said the CEL is on sometimes, then off at other times.
I'm tempted to try to help the guy out and say I'd replace this for him, but I don't want to open a can of worms. Anyone replace this exhaust piece before? How tough of a job is it?
I'm tempted to try to help the guy out and say I'd replace this for him, but I don't want to open a can of worms. Anyone replace this exhaust piece before? How tough of a job is it?