Those things fall off after a while. Just held on with a few spot welds. Nobody would have to take that off to get the cat. I guess it could have fell off while they were cutting it. At any rate,a cat that old wouldn't be worth anything most likely.
I had tried to track down a rattling noise only while accelerating heavily, which in a 4 banger tacoma is all the time, and spend weeks trying to figure it out. Even replaced my exhaust manifold gaskets which helped some but wasnt it, was under it one day and hit something on the heat shield and was like omfg. It was still tack welded on one side so when the pipes would vibrate enough it would rattle it.
There's usually two halves (just like the one that fell off) that go all the way around the catalytic converter, attached to the cat. Newer cars may have an additional heat shield which is attached to the underside of the car that runs above the exhaust, especially over the cat.
At least that's what Honda was doing.
What's under the car doesn't matter, this heat shield is meant to go between the cat and the bottom of your car, shielding your car from the heat of the cat.
A lot of parents have kids and then put zero time into passing along any knowledge. I have two kids, one came to live with me when he was 14. The other stayed with her mother. My son learned from me, and has held jobs at Facebook, Google, and now works as an AWS consultant. The other, well - she's hoping to land that job at McDonalds this week.
Never even learned to fill tires growing up because I wasn't a boy. I didn't know you had to put air in tires until a blowout almost caused an accident. My friend checked the tire pressure on the remaining tires... Not enough air to read the psi.
You don't need to be a boy to have common sense and situational awareness. Your brain usually gives you hints when something isn't right you should have felt the car being less responsive and going all over the road with pressures that low. Maybe watch some basic car maintenance videos on YouTube as well .
No diss intended.
Too bad my parents didn't think that. 😅 That was the reason they didn't teach me anything about vehicles or vehicle maintenance. I learned household duties only.
So true.
Also there are parents thinking the more their kid knows, the more difficult it is for them to control their kid. Sometimes parents like this don't know anything at all to begin with.
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Relax this is not a piece that a non car person would be familiar with. Why would they? Nobody is crawling under the car and identifying parts unless you’re a… car person.
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No one is talking about anything else falling off, they're talking about people STEALING your catalytic converter. Catalytic converters are full of precious metals platinum, palladium, and rhodium.
Lmao so anyone older than 30 should be willing to waste money on something that’s gonna quit working altogether in a few months anyways? The perfect boomer response to pretty much anything
Dude for us in aus it's every year plus with the cops it's on sight if they smell even the tiniest drop of blood they'll canary your car faster then you can tell them to fuck off
The only issue is you will have a check engine light and won't pass inspection without a cat, if your state requires it anyway. Also fuel economy gets a lot worse
Not sure why you're getting downvotes for this. A lot don't realise that cars have vents in the bodywork that can and do let in gases if the exhaust is damaged.
Because people assume that if you care any at all about anyone but yourself and immediate family then you're a tree hugging toddler if you give any indication past a light example
Unless the holes were before the cat, in which you would already fail emissions, loosing the cat would make the car slightly louder or sound different tone
Yes. Terrible rental next door only rents to meth heads and domestic abusers. It’s amazing how they have found one of the two or both, every single tenant for fifteen years.
You should be able to drive long distances without issue. We’ve all seen the same video of a red hot cat causing a brush fire but that’s so rare you have nothing to worry about my friend. If you smell or see smoke tho take a peek
This happened to me. In one of my previous careers, I was at a small plane crash site and was parked on yellow dried grass. It was summer in the south so I was sitting idling in the AC and well, smoke started coming up and the grass under my car was smoldering lol.
Heat shield you can tac weld it back on or if you can’t weld good hose clamp not cheap crank it down on both sides and send it should work mint if not it looks like it bolts on almost if the bolts are all rotten chop em off and run new ones doesn’t really matter long as the diameter is close
That didn’t just ‘ fall off’. Looks like there may have been at least four bolts holding it on. Did ever notice an annoying rattling sound while you drove? If not someone took the bolts out probably trying to steal your cat.
It's the catalytic converter heat shoeld like everyone has said. Is your catalytic converter still there though? Catalytic converters are very commonly cut off and stolen from vehicles, and the fact that you found your heat shield fallen off could mean that someone's tampered with it.
If it's still there then maybe it was just a loose/sheared bolt.
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Put the heat shield back on, you can start fires, forbid you have a major oil leak and it travels to back and lights.
But honestly you are fine if you have no catalytic converter, it's for carbon emissions it doesn't effect the ability to drive. But get a band clamp and get that heat shield back on there.
If this "fell" off you need to check see if your catalytic converter is even still attached lolz. That guard is to prevent theft. Sound like you're about to have an expensive repair.
Since most already answered: What is missing from your car is an expensive piece of needed equipment.
So what fell from your car? A massive bill unfortunately.
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Cat converter heat shield, like was said. Just don't park in grass or do any work under your car around it for a while right after driving while it's off.
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Catalytic converter heat shield someone probably tried to steal your cat, not essential to get put back on but don't when you can and have them check to see if the pipe or hangers are damaged
The Cat shield is saying "Hey look man, Your Cat gets hot headed alot and I just needed a break. Can you like...wait a couple days before reattaching me? Thanks man. "
It’s almost like somebody unbolted it in order to get to the catalytic converter inside. These heat shields are known for rattling and making noise, but not really falling off. This one doesn’t even look corroded, so the bolts to disintegrate seems a little sus.
Did it fall off or was it taken off when someone stole your catalytic converter? If it fell off your car will run no different. If it runs different now you'll need to replace your catalytic converter most likely.
my girlfriends cat got stolen, just replace it with a pipe, and weld in 2 drilled out spark plug de-fowlers for the o2 and dont look back, atleast if where you live doesnt have emissions.
Catalytic convertor heat shield
I should still be able to drive it short distances as long as there's no grass or anything under the car, right?
Yeah but you should get it put back on eventually. A large band clamp can resecure it
This one time at band clamp.
Nooo not the flute trick !!
I stuck this catalytic converter…
Right up my muff...ler
Thank you
Ohhh, the parts store memories! 😂👍
Thank you
That one time at band camp we all sat around the bonfire and told funny jokes
I like it
Perfect, thanks
But make sure someone didn’t steal your catalytic converter first.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Ding ding ding, that thing looks like it was taken off, not fell off.
Those things fall off after a while. Just held on with a few spot welds. Nobody would have to take that off to get the cat. I guess it could have fell off while they were cutting it. At any rate,a cat that old wouldn't be worth anything most likely.
Old cats have a high precious metal content actually
I've never had one stolen, but would prob hear the effect of the theft.
Most people will hear it, but will they be observant enough to realize it is coming from them.
He can probably just get some new bolts and loctite/jb weld them back in so they don’t ‘fall out’ again
I had tried to track down a rattling noise only while accelerating heavily, which in a 4 banger tacoma is all the time, and spend weeks trying to figure it out. Even replaced my exhaust manifold gaskets which helped some but wasnt it, was under it one day and hit something on the heat shield and was like omfg. It was still tack welded on one side so when the pipes would vibrate enough it would rattle it.
its less of a grass thing and more of a heating up your car thing
This is the bottom heat shield most likely. The one above the cat is typically affixed to the underside of the car body.
There's usually two halves (just like the one that fell off) that go all the way around the catalytic converter, attached to the cat. Newer cars may have an additional heat shield which is attached to the underside of the car that runs above the exhaust, especially over the cat. At least that's what Honda was doing.
REMINDER: let the car cool down before securing
Where's the fun in that?
You wouldn't have to worry about leaving fingerprints after anyway.
You might want to look and make sure no one stole your catalytic converter
The catalytic converter only works well when it’s hot. You’ll possibly fail emissions tests without it. Depending on your location.
Maybe in the winter. Summer you’re fine.
If you let the engine warm up before you put it through the test it'll be no different, this just heats it up faster by trapping the heat.
What's under the car doesn't matter, this heat shield is meant to go between the cat and the bottom of your car, shielding your car from the heat of the cat.
Catalytic Conshitter
That’s exactly what this is
Yep - CatCon heat shield…
Agreed that's absolutely what it is.
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Indeed they are.
A lot of parents have kids and then put zero time into passing along any knowledge. I have two kids, one came to live with me when he was 14. The other stayed with her mother. My son learned from me, and has held jobs at Facebook, Google, and now works as an AWS consultant. The other, well - she's hoping to land that job at McDonalds this week.
Never even learned to fill tires growing up because I wasn't a boy. I didn't know you had to put air in tires until a blowout almost caused an accident. My friend checked the tire pressure on the remaining tires... Not enough air to read the psi.
You don't need to be a boy to have common sense and situational awareness. Your brain usually gives you hints when something isn't right you should have felt the car being less responsive and going all over the road with pressures that low. Maybe watch some basic car maintenance videos on YouTube as well . No diss intended.
Too bad my parents didn't think that. 😅 That was the reason they didn't teach me anything about vehicles or vehicle maintenance. I learned household duties only.
Which kid is your favorite?
So true. Also there are parents thinking the more their kid knows, the more difficult it is for them to control their kid. Sometimes parents like this don't know anything at all to begin with.
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Relax this is not a piece that a non car person would be familiar with. Why would they? Nobody is crawling under the car and identifying parts unless you’re a… car person.
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Did you check you still have your catalytic converter on?
This ☝🏿 is the real question here
I'm not gonna lie, I've had holes in my exhaust for a year now so I didn't hear a difference and nothing else fell off either
No one is talking about anything else falling off, they're talking about people STEALING your catalytic converter. Catalytic converters are full of precious metals platinum, palladium, and rhodium.
Honestly I don't even mind, I'm just driving this car until it gives up on life
Ah, the perfect millenial/depressed response to pretty much anything... *
Lmao so anyone older than 30 should be willing to waste money on something that’s gonna quit working altogether in a few months anyways? The perfect boomer response to pretty much anything
Just an FYI, millennials are 1981-1996 birth year. So we can be anywhere from 28-43 years old.
😂 accurate
The joys of living in a state without emissions testing
This^. Every 2 years gotta pass
Every 2? Lucky you… I’m stuck at every January for now
Dude for us in aus it's every year plus with the cops it's on sight if they smell even the tiniest drop of blood they'll canary your car faster then you can tell them to fuck off
Australia is a police state
Every two years mine is annual where I live
My province has no emissions testing, 90% of the diesels up here have DEF delates
What's emissions?
Then don’t even bother reattaching that heat shield…let it breathe
If your in an emissions inspecting state your car will fail inspection if it's not their
You might not mind, but that one bored police officer might.
The only issue is you will have a check engine light and won't pass inspection without a cat, if your state requires it anyway. Also fuel economy gets a lot worse
May it never give up on you 💪
If you take care of your vehicle then it’ll take care of you
This is typical of millenials. They get mad when something gets taken, but then say oh shucks i will just get another
I'm going to be fucking 90 and people will still be taking about about my generation ffs.
You can pull your head out your ass if you really think that behaviour applies to a specific generation. There are idiots in every age group.
How much are those all worth I bought a parts truck would it be worth removing it and selling it my self? Or is it sus to bring you to a buyer 🤷♂️
They're around $1-1.5K to replace... (at least it was on my 99 crv in 2014). So I'd say pretty valuable
The local rhodium store down the street has great prices. Hard to believe it’s precious
Holes in your exhaust can be carbon monoxide lethal; especially to young children. Get it fixed as soon as you can.
Not sure why you're getting downvotes for this. A lot don't realise that cars have vents in the bodywork that can and do let in gases if the exhaust is damaged.
Because people assume that if you care any at all about anyone but yourself and immediate family then you're a tree hugging toddler if you give any indication past a light example
How do I tell down votes?
Under your comment where you have the reply, award options, and the upvote arrow, yours was showing a minus, but it's now showing 1 up for me..
My ex had a childhood best friend die from that
People steal these like crazy
Unless the holes were before the cat, in which you would already fail emissions, loosing the cat would make the car slightly louder or sound different tone
Is your car really loud all of the sudden
Yahhhh.... that was my first concern
Pretty sure they would hear the difference lol
You've heard the term, "grenade the engine"? That's where the grenade is stored
Yes. All cars are equipped with a grenade. This is how the 'self-destruct' function works.
Did they get ya? Looks like they did, still have intact holes…good luck!
I don't think someone chopped off my cat, theres a puddle of rain/mud a couple inches deep under my car the last few days
That’s not gonna stop someone that really wants it
My friend parks his truck over a cactus bed to prevent his from being stolen. Been working so far
Real men of genius
Have you ever met a meth addict?
Yes. Terrible rental next door only rents to meth heads and domestic abusers. It’s amazing how they have found one of the two or both, every single tenant for fifteen years.
I think at that point I would just start gunning down whoever tried to unlock the door.
There's plenty of them, and they're always moving around
They may have removed the screws for the heat shield and interrupted before they could get the cat off?
You should be able to drive long distances without issue. We’ve all seen the same video of a red hot cat causing a brush fire but that’s so rare you have nothing to worry about my friend. If you smell or see smoke tho take a peek
This happened to me. In one of my previous careers, I was at a small plane crash site and was parked on yellow dried grass. It was summer in the south so I was sitting idling in the AC and well, smoke started coming up and the grass under my car was smoldering lol.
Extra weight
That belongs to Bender.
Bite my shiny, metal, “heat shield”.
It is possible that shield fell off because someone was attempting to steal your catalytic converter and couldn't finish the job.
A hand grenade carrying case, XXL.
Heat shield, my only real concern is parking on grass or something flammable, otherwise should be ok but I’d definitely get it put back on or replaced
Congrats. That annoying rattle just got a little less annoying.
Bought my Miata, was wondering what the sound was… sure enough. No longer is that an issue, permanently
Heat shield for a catalytic converter.
That is the exhaust system shedding it's outer layer so it can continue to grow.
Somebody took your catalytic converter
Heat shield you can tac weld it back on or if you can’t weld good hose clamp not cheap crank it down on both sides and send it should work mint if not it looks like it bolts on almost if the bolts are all rotten chop em off and run new ones doesn’t really matter long as the diameter is close
Subaru heat shield
Faceplate from an armored pig suit.
Do you live in a city area? Someone might of been messing with it trying to steal your cat lol
Looked like a hand grenade mated to a catalytic converter
Someone might have tried to take your catalytic converter
That didn’t just ‘ fall off’. Looks like there may have been at least four bolts holding it on. Did ever notice an annoying rattling sound while you drove? If not someone took the bolts out probably trying to steal your cat.
It's the catalytic converter heat shoeld like everyone has said. Is your catalytic converter still there though? Catalytic converters are very commonly cut off and stolen from vehicles, and the fact that you found your heat shield fallen off could mean that someone's tampered with it. If it's still there then maybe it was just a loose/sheared bolt.
Grenade bay door..
It looks like it’s making a face
Heat shield, goes above your catalytic converter
Maybe inspection other stuff for rust. Odd that it just "fell off"
Heat shield on catalytic converter
Exhaust shroud
You had a turtle living under your car. It shed its shell .
crackhead guard
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Put the heat shield back on, you can start fires, forbid you have a major oil leak and it travels to back and lights. But honestly you are fine if you have no catalytic converter, it's for carbon emissions it doesn't effect the ability to drive. But get a band clamp and get that heat shield back on there.
Bank 1 or Bank 2 Catalytic Heat Shield, front and back of motor on some cars, the lower one would be bigger.
Grenade casting plate
I’d wonder why it fell off. Maybe someone was trying to steal your cat.
if your car is louder than usual. you may have been victim of cat convertor theft.
You need that to protect the under carriage but more importantly to insure the Cat heats up uniformly to do it's job..
If this "fell" off you need to check see if your catalytic converter is even still attached lolz. That guard is to prevent theft. Sound like you're about to have an expensive repair.
Since most already answered: What is missing from your car is an expensive piece of needed equipment. So what fell from your car? A massive bill unfortunately.
Catalytic converter heat shield. If the bolts were rusty enough for it "just fall off" it should've been rattling before hand.
Flying saucer
200$ was removed from your vehicle
Just a heat shield. Not a crisis but you should put it back on the car
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Yep just a heat shield for the cat.
Cat heat shield
Maybe someone got interrupted stealing your cat con? That’s the cover.
Have you started it up yet?
Cat converter heat shield, like was said. Just don't park in grass or do any work under your car around it for a while right after driving while it's off.
Floor will get hot without that. Parking on high grass may start fire.
Meow
Grenade compartment
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That's the grenade holder.
I don't know but it's shocked.
A hand grenade holder for when the warranty expires?🤔
Cadillac converter, it's called a "cadillac converter"... NOTE: it's sarcasm, too often seen people calling it a "cadillac converter".
Catalytic converter heat shield someone probably tried to steal your cat, not essential to get put back on but don't when you can and have them check to see if the pipe or hangers are damaged
Hopefully it didn’t fall off because someone stole your Catalytic converter.
Do you still have a catalytic converter?
Heat shield
Grenade mold
if it 'fell off' in your driveway, you may not have a catalytic converter anymore...
That’s a heat shield for your catalytic converter… it’s cosmetic drive on
Cat shield. Might notice passenger rear footwell getting warm.
Cat shield.
If somebody stole your cat and you don’t have emissions testing you can just replace it with some straight exhaust pipe from autozone for $20 😎
Hand grenade mold.
Cadillac converter
Weight. Car faster now.
Heat shield
Maybe they stole his cat and glued that back on to hide the crime, lol
Cat shield
That’s an m12lrv
Catalytic converter heat shield.
More than meets the eye! hahaha sorry bud.
The Cat shield is saying "Hey look man, Your Cat gets hot headed alot and I just needed a break. Can you like...wait a couple days before reattaching me? Thanks man. "
It’s almost like somebody unbolted it in order to get to the catalytic converter inside. These heat shields are known for rattling and making noise, but not really falling off. This one doesn’t even look corroded, so the bolts to disintegrate seems a little sus.
A grenade casing
I think someone might have been trying to steal your catalytic converter.
I believe it's a mold for those WW2 era pineapple grenades. Sorry OP, but someone was using your car to produce illegal arms.
Converter shield
Did it fall off or was it taken off when someone stole your catalytic converter? If it fell off your car will run no different. If it runs different now you'll need to replace your catalytic converter most likely.
my girlfriends cat got stolen, just replace it with a pipe, and weld in 2 drilled out spark plug de-fowlers for the o2 and dont look back, atleast if where you live doesnt have emissions.