The cat went on my 1.9 cube last week, so I bodged it while I looked for a new one.

What a price range! Local dealer £170 for a pattern copy...dealer £270 for I hope was a gen version...and then found these people at cats2you.co.uk...trading on eBay as the following:

eBay My World - g.t.products

delivered in 24 hours, includes a free fitting kit, and great service all round...£93.55!!

Thought you'd all like to know incase you need a cat...they supply cats for lots of other makes of vehicle to. Maybe worth a look.

Hope this helps someone...

Now I'm off to see if I can shift the manifold studs on the old one!

I thought this thread was about something completely different....

I have read that a leaking (blown) headgasket can cause the lambda sensor and cat to go (bye bye).

Flexing does for some too. My last one split where the pipe and box join. The replacement came with a pair of extra mounts on the front pipe so I had some welded to the subframe of the car so I could use them. The diesel doesn't half shake when it starts in the morning and the support from the extra hangers seems to keep the cat from flexing so much.

Sorry, I should have been clearer. The actual cat hadn't failed...the rear pipe which joins the mid-section of exhaust has rotted and come away. You can use filler AFTER the cat, but (apparently) not before it. I had bodged a fix involving a tensioner to pull the pipe into the rear of the cat, but it was a bit frankenstien and would have given the next MOT guy a laugh. So a new one was called for...