wolfpeace87

Agreed, I definitely don't want to alter any wiring.

Yes, that's what I thought from your pictures. I had seen this model on ebay and was dreading receiving it. Unfortunately it turned up. I spoke to them and they are going to arrange a replacement. Thanks, Elliott

Thanks, I got my cat out on first try, overnight soaking with WD40 Specialist Penetrate did the job, however they sent me a cat with the downstream sensor position on the pipe rather then on the cat it's self like the original cat. Will this mean I have to extend the wires of the O2 sensor? I have attached an image. Was your's the same?

Hey John, Thanks for the suggestion, I've ordered the cat and I'm going to install them on the weekend. Hopefully it all goes well. If you have any suggestions and ideas on how to go about with this any advice would be greatly appreciated. I found your posts about cats and I will give it a read. Thanks again, Elliott

Please pass on the details to me as well as I'm urgently need to replace my catalytic converter. Thanks

Where can I buy an OEM spec Catalytic converter for my 2005, 2.5, S-type at an affordable cost? I need to have mine replaced urgently as an MOT is due next week and the RHS (driver side) catalytic is completely melted in the middle section. I would highly appreciate any leads. Thanks. A little background if this might help someone else diagnosing their car's issues. The car was purchased from a previous owner who probably desperately tried solving the issues with makeshift repairs. Bank 1 had a misfire on cylinder 1,3,5. There was a vacuum leak and oil leaking at the lower IMTV solenoid due to original worn out o-rings and excessive use of gasket maker. I also found a doggy repair on the RHS (bank 1) cam sensor connector (which is my guess to the misfires on a complete bank). The OBD shows the car has been driven in Restricted Performance Mode and the check engine light has been on and flashing intermittently for over 40K miles, the total being 118000 miles as off now. After sorting out the cam sensor connector the car only goes into restricted performance and the check engine light only comes on at low RPM's. I switched O2 sensors from Left to Right and vice versa and still had the same issues. I finally managed to get a borescope and check both ends Upstream which has an intact honey comb structure and downstream which has alien like formations on RHS catalytic converter.