@@CaptainKleeman when I first heard the car running pulling up the ramps I said myself 🤔 homie has more than empty cat problem 🤣 too bad for the luck. I know laying on your belly working on the back of a motor ain't fun at all...but they call ya The Captain for a reason 🤠👍
Captain, please do not ever trust those ramps, they will fold up and the car will fall on you. I was changing the oil in a car, pulled the drain plug climbed out from under the car and as I walked to the front of the car the ramps folded and the car came crashing down. Ten seconds earlier and I would have been crushed. Always reinforce with jack stands. Stay safe buddy!
@@quickturn66 You know what's easier than that? Putting jack stands under it. Getting crushed to death by your vehicle is probably one of the worst ways to go. Mostly because the vehicle lands on you just enough to not crush you to death, but enough so that you suffocate because you can't breathe. This guy putting waaaay too much faith into those ramps.
buddy's brother died this way he was a traveling mechanic would work on peoples cars that didn't have much money and would even go to their homes to fix them. customer found him crushed in his driveway.
I think this is the first time I’ve seen ramps that didn’t have the reinforce bars on them. That’s dangerous, which is why I get the heavy duty ones made of plastic. I use truck ramps for my PT lol
Yup, was surprised to see anybody still using those things. I had a set I threw out ages ago and my brother's buddy was moving and gave me a set free. They are nice but I've never used them. I use jack stands.
Cap’n thanks for another adventure in wrenching and ratcheting with language suitable for the whole family. Your ability to avoid adult words is admirable!
Lol, I'm sitting here watching a video about something I'll never work on myself and laughing my butt off. My wife walks through the room and looks at me with a sour look on her face and says, "You're watching Kleeman again, aren't you"? She knows us too well. Commentary is 10/10 Cap.
I hope it wasn’t really a sour look. Maybe just sarcastic? Or diversive? Or 🤦♀️ 🤦♀️. Maybe she just doesn’t get this humour. Anyone have another guess on what she is thinking?
Just came in from assessing my car this morning. One of my fine neighbors deleted mine on an old accord Tuesday night. They didn’t even charge me and left nice clean cuts on the pipe. I’m LMAO to come in and see this video. Thank you for making this funny!
'I lost a crock' - they put them in car engines now! Your commentary - prattling along whilst you cuddle the engine or stare at its nether regions is fantastic.
Should have checked the inside of the muffler for chunks that could plug or restrict it. Catalytic converter theft is commonplace due to the value of platinum. In an area that doesn't have constant emissions testing, it's worse. It's easier for even a shop to get away with it.
That same thing may have happened with 2005 T-Blazer. Fiber from the rear silencer was coming out, I told her it was a dead squirrel that climbed in to get warm. Don't worry about it.
I’ve crawled on gravel for 65 years now, not including the six years of “practice “ and still watch your exploits with interest. You have a sense of humor that takes up far too much of my time- But I enjoy following a fellow knuckle banger (no blood yet and 2/3 of the way thru) is addictive. Bang on! I am learning about “modern engineering “ vicariously. When they started hanging cats and sensors on I moved to glow plugs and aviation so most things are new to my agenda. Side question- origin of your “Captain “ handle. I’m sure that there is a story…..😊
I would rather have a root canal EVERYDAY if it kept me from having to work on my car. I have zero patience for this kind of stuff. You have my respect sir.
Good video. I did all of my own work when I was your age too. Now that I'm retired I am fortunate enough to be able to pay a trusted mechanic to fix my vehicles. Thanks for sharing Capt. 👍
I only use that type ramp on my versa, reaching under from the front for oil changes. Anything heavier or involving being under the vehicle should involve stronger ramps AND stands.
I was just thinking of video-ing my next repairs on the old 95 pickup, as a way to avoid the "where does this go" questions when I have parts left over. Don't get me wrong, I'll still have parts left over, and still have to take it back apart, but at least I'll have an idea of "what" to take back apart. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. Had a cat fail once and restrict the exhaust flow to the point I couldn’t get over 25mph. Had a different car flag low catalyst which also leads me to think that the catalyst leaves the car. Then I saw a video from a guy that likes to recover scrap metal. As an experiment he got permission to vacuum a section of the highway in California at night where it’s normally a rolling parking lot during the day. He vacuumed then repeated a few months later. After processing the dirt he recovered he said he made a huge profit from the catalyst elements he refined out even after the street sweeper rental. Was sadly disappointed that they wouldn’t agree for him to do more cleanups. Wishing you and your family the best.
I've had a chunk of the honeycomb catalyst material get stuck in the exhaust system and rattle around till it turned sideways and completely blocked off the cat back pipe , couldn't get 25 MPH ,huge throttle noise no exhaust noise no power . Yep the cat material leaves the exhaust system ,if you are really lucky .
@@acquasanta6676 And if you aren't lucky, the entire bed matrix breaks loose but not enough to turn, so it sits in there and constantly rattles like every rod bearing in the engine is missing and you've filled up with 70 octane on a hot day. Yeah, mine did that.
Yes, cats do destroy themselves internally from age and heat. The extra welding probably didn't help. The innerds of the front cat is likely what took out the rear cat. These hot shards of material eventually exit the tailpipe. This is what commonly starts roadside fires. I've seen many times where multiple fires are started as the car travels on a freeway from hot cat converter debris hitting the dry brush.
GM has had exhaust manifold cracking problems ever since they had to start putting catalytic converters on their vehicles . The problem is that in order for the cat to work it takes extremely high exhaust temperatures to get the process to work .
I hear you Allan Winter, I had a 68 Thunderbird kept breaking the water pump housing, come to find out it was a bad motor mount. Also on a 67 Camaro the stirring kept hanging up on acceleration especially while turning it was a broken motor mount. 65 Chevy kept cracking distributor caps turned out the motor mounts were wore out. Put in new motor mounts all problems solved. A friends 80 something Thunderbird would not start not even turn over .Turns out the dome light had burned out and needed replacing. some cars are really a nerve wrecker.
I think you could use one of those blue car lift things too, let’s put that on the list, but I find when I’m laying on the ground working under my car that when something is really hard to do or frustrating that laying down already is calming too, no need to throw myself on the ground in a tizz
Captain the reason that intake keeps clogging up. Is because of the blow by getting recycled back into the intake. That catch can will help with that problem. The blow by also caused the failure of that catalytic converter. That clogged and blew out into the rear cat. Run some caty clean through the system every 10 to 15 thousand miles. This will make the cats hold up much longer. This is done by removing the upper O2 sensor and pouring the caty clean in the hole. Then let it set for an hour. God bless
I recently installed the catch can on our Terrain and after a week of driving (MN winter) I was surprised to see at least 2oz of water come out of it in that time. I also replaced the oil cap with a vented AC Delco FC219 cap to eliminate the chance of blowing a main seal. I found the best price for the cap on Amazon. This fix was found on TH-cam and recommended by many others on Amazon. Pro Tip.... Haha.
One of these days Captain you need a brand new vehicle and let the warranty do the work. Phone call was a classic 😂 love her!! Keep them coming Mike 👍🇺🇸
Love your videos, absolutely love your honesty ! Other people I watch act like they rehearse their videos, they are fake. Your the real deal , Thank you 🙏 Don’t ever change a thing ! Your fabulous and a real joy to watch.
That happened to me once in my 95 ram pick up. The catalytic converter was empty. I thought it was because I got rebuild heads a year before and the compression increased. But I don’t know. Tip: you should put a piece of cardboard down on that gravel when you get under the car, it helps.
Good video Captain-I give you credit for jumping on a job like this. Way back when I was working on cars was in the 60's and early 70's and when you raised the hood all you saw was a big block-V8-hi h.p. engine with plenty of room to work around it. Only the bare essentials. I know that times have changed, but I would not even attempt working on today's cars. You got it done and it sounds good-nice work.
Mike, after working on GM cars and trucks in a dealership for over 30 years, catalytic convertor elements do, in fact, disintegrate. The bolt left out could have caused extra vibration, and the welding wasn't good for it, possibly causing the problem. You may or may not have neededthe o2 sensors. The difference in oxygen before and after the catalyst is what the sensors measure to know if the cat is working. If there is no catalyst in it to make the change, it will cause the check engine light to come on. Good luck. Love your videos.
I see you and I once was you. Out under a car getting frustrated, dirty, then happy and proud. Today, I’m just too dang old - but - I love watching you get dirty.
Nice job. I use an opened flat refrigerator/washer/dryer cardboard box on top those rocks for ease of movement and rock protection on your back. They work great and will absorb any oil/fluid drops.
I give you a lot of credit for diving into this stuff. I an a recovering sports car racer and I am to the point I find any excuse I can to farm out street car maintenance. Especially the type of work that requires me under the vehicle on my back. I just replaced a fuel tank strap on the wife's suv and it kicked my butt. My ocd noticed the oxidized headlights on the family truckster. There are diy ways of doing it, but I am a fan of popping off for the 3m kit for cleaning up the headlights. Could not believe the difference that made. Been over a year and they have not really gotten bad again, either, which is what a lot of people tell you to expect. I think sealing them again with the sealant is the key. But I digress. Yes, you are probably the first person to get screwed over by a dealership. ;-)
Mechanics costs have gone through the roof because of material costs. Brake cleaner has tripled.. Along with any other materials needed to repair your car. You can thank the current Administration for that.
Hey Mike enjoy your videos I try to watch them all. When this situation you need to check your muffler as well. The catalytic converter overtime will meltdown break up and go into the other cat and calls that went to break down overheat and go into your muffler as well. Please check your muffler
Right out of high school I was a mechanic then Viet Nam and the Navy, I always enjoyed wrenching on things rebuilt an engine for my van in my kitchen. In my latter years the enjoyment left and aggravation with automotive engineering set in. Today I would rather pay a technician, that's what mechanics are called now days than deal with the aggravation. If I were a younger man I would probably as you still be wrenching on my own stuff to save a buck. Thanks for saving me the aggravation, wish I could do the same for you.
Just a thought about the missing cat internals, the cracked manifold let oxygen into the system. The O2 sensor indicated the engine was lean so ECM/PCM dumped in excess fuel that then melted the honeycomb. Fixing the manifold should prevent future cat meltdown. Betting LTFT was way off.
As teens we used to unbolt the exaust at the Cat. Take a tire iron, and poke a hole thru the cat honeycomb when we wanted more flow. Then before bolting back, start it and rev while tapping with cat converter shell to blow out the broken media. otherwise itll clog the muffler and or make it a rattle box of catalytic converter media . Info on what to do to your car to hotrod it, from my crazy uncle early 80,s.
Make sure to check the screen is still in the outlet side of your old cat. If not the broken pieces could be in your muffler. Will cause future problems.
Hey Mike to save you from the killer Salt from the winter roads they make a spray coating to stop the salt. but for me I'm Cheap. So this what worked for Me. Take a gallon sprayer fill it with Diesel and spray everything on the under carriage except for the Exhaust system. It always worked for me In real bad winters I would sprayed every 2-3 month's as needed It will keep your cars clean for years to come, Good luck and I hope this Helps.
@@CaptainKleeman if you think that you get road salt down there where you can look out and see Kentucky , c'mon up here where I can see Michigan and we not only get system snows but lake effect as well .
At work, we had some techs come to WA from the northeast a few years back. One was a car guy, and he was amazed at how good the condition of the used cars here were, and how cheap (pre-COVID) they were. He was thinking that he could buy a truck and car trailer and almost pay for it with one trip back home full of cars.
It is possible to braze a exhaust manifold. It has to be cleaned down to bare metal including the crack. Then it has to be heated up to about 600 degrees, brazed then cooled down slowly to relieve stress. Probably not worth it unless its a rare classic part.
@@kenore4003. Thank you Ken. I had seen it dune, and it was on a very rare vintage car that has it's spare parts on the shelf between the hens teeth, and the rocking-horse poop.
Oh yes he did ….that stiff conversation you described with the owner is a big sign. He conceded to do “something” that he really didn’t want to and decided to go “full on passive aggressive”. It’s a thing with people that HAVE to comply. That’s why I never force someone cooking (or serving) my food as if they must knuckle under ….or else. There’s a movie out there about a chocolate pie that an uppity woman ate (and loved btw) where her housekeeper used a certain “special sauce” after getting pissed off.
I remember going up the highway following a friend in his truck. All of a sudden I'm being pelted by debris coming out of his tailpipe. Yup, the cat failed catastrophically leaving an empty shell.
Your videos are extremely entertaining for anyone and I’m a older young guy who watches a lot of video on TH-cam. Thanks, what I don’t get is 4000 views and only 1200 likes. Most of these people must not understand how this system works. This is as good as free entertaining gets. Thanks Captain.
Nice work there, Captain. I admire your patience with that project. My wife had a Terrain with the 2.4 Ecotec and while the car was nice, I just hated everything about that engine. Good car, horrible engine, and I wasn’t sad to see that engine leave our family fleet.
Hey Cap. The exhaust leak is the reason the cat core is MT. The added o2 will slowly burn off the core like charcoal. OEM or aftermarket. But cowboy is right.
Great video as usual there BUD. 👍🏻 Can't wait till the next one! I like that your content is what a person goes through just trying to make it in the world on a tight budget. I'm really like that you keep things real! I believe that we should strive to learn something new everyday if not then we wasted that day. And you don't seem to be wasting any days!! Great job Mike
Had a car that finally would not pass smog, replace the cat with an aftermarket cat recommended by the state of California. The old cat was still passing smog with one small piece left inside. However when it was completely empty and blown out the tailpipe is when it finally would not pass smog testing anymore.
14:09 If you want to reduce cracking on exhaust manifolds, you will check the mating faces with a straight edge and when you find that, even on brand new manifolds, them uneven, you will surface (grind/sand/mill) them entire face to a single plane before install.
Exhaust work is always brutal. I just laugh when someone says lm just going to unbolt that old muffler that been on the vehicle for 8 years and expect it to just slide out of the exhaust pipes and they will have no problem. 😂😂
Cats can have a black market value of anything between £40 / £400 depending on what model and contents of palladium and rhodium. Here in the UK its been Known for gangs to cut them off parked cars in broad daylight.
Mike, the exhaust place thanks you for the beer money from the cc guts, I noticed your headlights are a bit milky looking, if you soak some white paper towel with acetone and quickly wipe them over in an even pattern they will come back to fairy clear.
When underneath a vehicle safety glasses are your friend. You'll never have more than two eyes. It's always a good habit to wear safety glasses doing any kind of repairs. Also a cardboard box is a good cushion when you have to be on the ground. I always save the big boxes to be cut for a cushion.
The first cat burns itself out. Clogging the seccond cat. Increasing the temperature within. Melting and burning it out as well. The ceramic will contain and use a lot of heat. But everything burns if hot enough and long enough.
Yes the cat is gutted. After years of heating up, the firebrick breaks up and restricting the flow. I've done it myself on several of my over 10 year vehicles. Slightly louder but improved performance and mpg...
After the 2 second manifold I would be hunting down or making a set of stainless steel tube manifolds for that engine. There seems to be a lot of movement in the heat cycles and a cast part is not going to like that no matter how you "beef up" and redesign it.
You are correct sir. You do not need the expensive impact tools. But they are sure nice to have. I purchase harbor freight tools. Not to expensive and I'm not afraid to cut and weld a wrench socket or even a screwdriver to do a job.
Entertaining commentary as always Cap 😅 You need to restore the beam from those headlight lenses by polishing the front of the glass with some toothpaste and finishing them off with some polymer sealant. Keep up the good work sir 👍
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I have seen 100's of empty or rattle insides cats. The cat you pulled off looked aftermarket to me. Aftermarket cats have almost 0 recycle value
Hey good to see you in the comments cowboy! Appreciate the info sir. There ya have it folks!
Hey Cowboy👋
@@CaptainKleeman when I first heard the car running pulling up the ramps I said myself 🤔 homie has more than empty cat problem 🤣 too bad for the luck. I know laying on your belly working on the back of a motor ain't fun at all...but they call ya The Captain for a reason 🤠👍
@@Fatamus good morning Dan 🤠👍 what freaking time is it for you there 😳
I always enjoy your conversation while "working with you".
Sorry I didn't grab that "O" ring for ya!
Captain, please do not ever trust those ramps, they will fold up and the car will fall on you. I was changing the oil in a car, pulled the drain plug climbed out from under the car and as I walked to the front of the car the ramps folded and the car came crashing down. Ten seconds earlier and I would have been crushed. Always reinforce with jack stands. Stay safe buddy!
It’s easy to reinforce them with strips of steel to connect the front to the ramp portion.
@@quickturn66 You know what's easier than that? Putting jack stands under it. Getting crushed to death by your vehicle is probably one of the worst ways to go. Mostly because the vehicle lands on you just enough to not crush you to death, but enough so that you suffocate because you can't breathe. This guy putting waaaay too much faith into those ramps.
buddy's brother died this way he was a traveling mechanic would work on peoples cars that didn't have much money and would even go to their homes to fix them. customer found him crushed in his driveway.
I think this is the first time I’ve seen ramps that didn’t have the reinforce bars on them. That’s dangerous, which is why I get the heavy duty ones made of plastic. I use truck ramps for my PT lol
Yup, was surprised to see anybody still using those things. I had a set I threw out ages ago and my brother's buddy was moving and gave me a set free. They are nice but I've never used them. I use jack stands.
Cap’n thanks for another adventure in wrenching and ratcheting with language suitable for the whole family. Your ability to avoid adult words is admirable!
Lol, I'm sitting here watching a video about something I'll never work on myself and laughing my butt off. My wife walks through the room and looks at me with a sour look on her face and says, "You're watching Kleeman again, aren't you"? She knows us too well. Commentary is 10/10 Cap.
I hope it wasn’t really a sour look. Maybe just sarcastic? Or diversive? Or 🤦♀️ 🤦♀️. Maybe she just doesn’t get this humour. Anyone have another guess on what she is thinking?
Any man that understands the workings of a female mind please let me know, you would be worth millions 😂😂😂
My wife doesn't get it either
Mine either Chris 🤣🤣.
Definitely appreciate ya tagging along
Just came in from assessing my car this morning. One of my fine neighbors deleted mine on an old accord Tuesday night. They didn’t even charge me and left nice clean cuts on the pipe. I’m LMAO to come in and see this video. Thank you for making this funny!
What kind neighbors lol
'I lost a crock' - they put them in car engines now! Your commentary - prattling along whilst you cuddle the engine or stare at its nether regions is fantastic.
🤣🤣
Should have checked the inside of the muffler for chunks that could plug or restrict it. Catalytic converter theft is commonplace due to the value of platinum. In an area that doesn't have constant emissions testing, it's worse. It's easier for even a shop to get away with it.
That same thing may have happened with 2005 T-Blazer.
Fiber from the rear silencer was coming out, I told her it was a dead squirrel that climbed in to get warm. Don't worry about it.
I’ve crawled on gravel for 65 years now, not including the six years of “practice “ and still watch your exploits with interest. You have a sense of humor that takes up far too much of my time- But I enjoy following a fellow knuckle banger (no blood yet and 2/3 of the way thru) is addictive. Bang on! I am learning about “modern engineering “ vicariously. When they started hanging cats and sensors on I moved to glow plugs and aviation so most things are new to my agenda. Side question- origin of your “Captain “ handle. I’m sure that there is a story…..😊
I would rather have a root canal EVERYDAY if it kept me from having to work on my car. I have zero patience for this kind of stuff. You have my respect sir.
I got a root canal coming up, so I'll let ya know how it compares 🤣
Mike, you are a very patient and forgiving man. Excellent editing to make this a fun video to watch.
The contents of the cat,s range from 800-1200$. I really enjoy watching you work on all your stuff.
One thing for sure, you not afraid to do the job, honest hard working man.
How in the world did you get all those exhaust bolts out without al least 1 or 2 wringing off? You are one lucky man there Captain.
It helps when you have to change the manifold every 50k miles or so
Good video. I did all of my own work when I was your age too. Now that I'm retired I am fortunate enough to be able to pay a trusted mechanic to fix my vehicles. Thanks for sharing Capt. 👍
Captain, I had a set of ramps just like you have, that was recalled because of them collasping under weight. Just be careful and use jack stands.
Jack stands have recalls too 👍
I only use that type ramp on my versa, reaching under from the front for oil changes. Anything heavier or involving being under the vehicle should involve stronger ramps AND stands.
@@CaptainKleeman Retired mechanic here. Those ramps are dangerous ,they are the exact ones that flatten.
I was just thinking of video-ing my next repairs on the old 95 pickup, as a way to avoid the "where does this go" questions when I have parts left over. Don't get me wrong, I'll still have parts left over, and still have to take it back apart, but at least I'll have an idea of "what" to take back apart. Thanks for the video.
It is incredibly handy to have the documentation to look back on
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. Had a cat fail once and restrict the exhaust flow to the point I couldn’t get over 25mph. Had a different car flag low catalyst which also leads me to think that the catalyst leaves the car. Then I saw a video from a guy that likes to recover scrap metal. As an experiment he got permission to vacuum a section of the highway in California at night where it’s normally a rolling parking lot during the day. He vacuumed then repeated a few months later. After processing the dirt he recovered he said he made a huge profit from the catalyst elements he refined out even after the street sweeper rental. Was sadly disappointed that they wouldn’t agree for him to do more cleanups. Wishing you and your family the best.
That's wild! Do you remember the video?
I've had a chunk of the honeycomb catalyst material get stuck in the exhaust system and rattle around till it turned sideways and completely blocked off the cat back pipe , couldn't get 25 MPH ,huge throttle noise no exhaust noise no power . Yep the cat material leaves the exhaust system ,if you are really lucky .
@@acquasanta6676 And if you aren't lucky, the entire bed matrix breaks loose but not enough to turn, so it sits in there and constantly rattles like every rod bearing in the engine is missing and you've filled up with 70 octane on a hot day. Yeah, mine did that.
Yes, cats do destroy themselves internally from age and heat. The extra welding probably didn't help. The innerds of the front cat is likely what took out the rear cat. These hot shards of material eventually exit the tailpipe. This is what commonly starts roadside fires. I've seen many times where multiple fires are started as the car travels on a freeway from hot cat converter debris hitting the dry brush.
Might be worth checking your engine mounts for excessive movement if you are cracking exhaust manifolds and pipes.
Maybe, but this is a known problem for the 2.4. very common. Just a bad design
GM has had exhaust manifold cracking problems ever since they had to start putting catalytic converters on their vehicles . The problem is that in order for the cat to work it takes extremely high exhaust temperatures to get the process to work .
I hear you Allan Winter, I had a 68 Thunderbird kept breaking the water pump housing, come to find out it was a bad motor mount. Also on a 67 Camaro the stirring kept hanging up on acceleration especially while turning it was a broken motor mount. 65 Chevy kept cracking distributor caps turned out the motor mounts were wore out. Put in new motor mounts all problems solved. A friends 80 something Thunderbird would not start not even turn over .Turns out the dome light had burned out and needed replacing. some cars are really a nerve wrecker.
I think you could use one of those blue car lift things too, let’s put that on the list, but I find when I’m laying on the ground working under my car that when something is really hard to do or frustrating that laying down already is calming too, no need to throw myself on the ground in a tizz
Captain the reason that intake keeps clogging up. Is because of the blow by getting recycled back into the intake. That catch can will help with that problem. The blow by also caused the failure of that catalytic converter. That clogged and blew out into the rear cat. Run some caty clean through the system every 10 to 15 thousand miles. This will make the cats hold up much longer. This is done by removing the upper O2 sensor and pouring the caty clean in the hole. Then let it set for an hour. God bless
"IS THIS REAL LIFE?" Hahaha, got me on this one!
Just having a great day captain. Hope you and the family are well
I recently installed the catch can on our Terrain and after a week of driving (MN winter) I was surprised to see at least 2oz of water come out of it in that time. I also replaced the oil cap with a vented AC Delco FC219 cap to eliminate the chance of blowing a main seal. I found the best price for the cap on Amazon. This fix was found on TH-cam and recommended by many others on Amazon. Pro Tip.... Haha.
This is a great idea. Appreciate ya sharing!
One of these days Captain you need a brand new vehicle and let the warranty do the work. Phone call was a classic 😂 love her!! Keep them coming Mike 👍🇺🇸
Nice job. I miss working on my vehicles from the 70's, plenty of room to get in there. Especially on my pickup. Thanks for sharing.
For a guy that is not a self-proclaimed mechanic, you do great work...motivates me to start doing more of my own work. Enjoyed the video.
Appreciate ya watching
Love your videos, absolutely love your honesty ! Other people I watch act like they rehearse their videos, they are fake. Your the real deal , Thank you 🙏 Don’t ever change a thing ! Your fabulous and a real joy to watch.
Thanks Andy!
That happened to me once in my 95 ram pick up. The catalytic converter was empty. I thought it was because I got rebuild heads a year before and the compression increased. But I don’t know. Tip: you should put a piece of cardboard down on that gravel when you get under the car, it helps.
Redneck creeper
Good video Captain-I give you credit for jumping on a job like this. Way back when I was working on cars was in the 60's and early 70's and when you raised the hood all you saw was a big block-V8-hi h.p. engine with plenty of room to work around it. Only the bare essentials. I know that times have changed, but I would not even attempt working on today's cars. You got it done and it sounds good-nice work.
Definitely different times
"It's dark like we are under a car or something", BWAhahahaaaaaaaaa! I am ALWAYS LOVING THE COMMENTARY!!!
Thanks Lonnie
Mike, after working on GM cars and trucks in a dealership for over 30 years, catalytic convertor elements do, in fact, disintegrate. The bolt left out could have caused extra vibration, and the welding wasn't good for it, possibly causing the problem. You may or may not have neededthe o2 sensors. The difference in oxygen before and after the catalyst is what the sensors measure to know if the cat is working. If there is no catalyst in it to make the change, it will cause the check engine light to come on. Good luck. Love your videos.
Great job working on your SUV Captain Kleeman
You just never stop Mike, hardest working man I know of 👍 great video as always, best wishes from Britain 👍🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧
Thanks 👍
I see you and I once was you. Out under a car getting frustrated, dirty, then happy and proud. Today, I’m just too dang old - but - I love watching you get dirty.
Lol and I appreciate ya watching!
Man behind the scenes could weld that up for you. LOL
Hi Hi Captain, good morning from Jamaica 🇯🇲. 😅😅😅😅😅thanks for taking us along. We did enjoy the ride. Even though we got bup over a few times 😅😅😅😅😅😅
Great video. Glad you have the car running. Hope you had a great weekend
Thanks, you too!
you keep saying you're not a mechanic, i think you're better than a lot of mechanics out there, thanks for an other great video 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍
Hey Buddy even if you just put $500-$600 into her....... Still way better than a monthly car note 😊
Very true
This was a dangerous vid. First you sprayed us in the eyes with lube then we had a near miss with the cross member lol. Keep up the good work brother!
Did you have on your PPE?
Nice job. I use an opened flat refrigerator/washer/dryer cardboard box on top those rocks for ease of movement and rock protection on your back. They work great and will absorb any oil/fluid drops.
I give you a lot of credit for diving into this stuff. I an a recovering sports car racer and I am to the point I find any excuse I can to farm out street car maintenance. Especially the type of work that requires me under the vehicle on my back. I just replaced a fuel tank strap on the wife's suv and it kicked my butt. My ocd noticed the oxidized headlights on the family truckster. There are diy ways of doing it, but I am a fan of popping off for the 3m kit for cleaning up the headlights. Could not believe the difference that made. Been over a year and they have not really gotten bad again, either, which is what a lot of people tell you to expect. I think sealing them again with the sealant is the key. But I digress. Yes, you are probably the first person to get screwed over by a dealership. ;-)
Great job on the exhaust repair,not bad for a fireman.you just gotta do what you gotta do.good video as always.😎😎😎👍👍👍👨🚒👨🚒👨🚒
Way to go Captain . You got it done and didn't get too dirty
Good to see you bud..... Welding skills are getting better all the time. 👍👍
Thanks Dan!
nice job for some thing that can be a bugger to do on a lift. cow boy is rite about aftermarket cats mine rattled apart. well done captain. cheers.
Appreciate ya watching
Great job. I have no doubt that you saved $2200 on this repair the way mechanics prices have gone up when there is not much fuel involved.
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Mechanics costs have gone through the roof because of material costs. Brake cleaner has tripled.. Along with any other materials needed to repair your car. You can thank the current Administration for that.
I always thought it was inevitable that 1 out of 3 manifold studs break off whenever you need to take the nuts off. 🤪
Almost a guarantee
Mike, you're the man! There's just no way I'd take of an exhaust manifold! Way too much work. Great video! Thanks, Lee
Hey Mike enjoy your videos I try to watch them all. When this situation you need to check your muffler as well. The catalytic converter overtime will meltdown break up and go into the other cat and calls that went to break down overheat and go into your muffler as well. Please check your muffler
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Captain, you run into the darnedest things. And you seem to have so much fun discovering them. And you are so darned funny.
Thanks!
Right out of high school I was a mechanic then Viet Nam and the Navy, I always enjoyed wrenching on things rebuilt an engine for my van in my kitchen. In my latter years the enjoyment left and aggravation with automotive engineering set in. Today I would rather pay a technician, that's what mechanics are called now days than deal with the aggravation. If I were a younger man I would probably as you still be wrenching on my own stuff to save a buck. Thanks for saving me the aggravation, wish I could do the same for you.
Yeah, open the hood on a car now and all you see is plastics covers and wires going everywhere. No room to work on anything.
I work on submarines now, and there isn't much more room on them than a car.
Captain I feel your pain, had to work on my junk for years, you'll get there just takes time.
Harbor Freight needs to get this man one of those fancy multiprocess welders. The perfect candidate for it. Keep up the great work, Captain.
Just a thought about the missing cat internals, the cracked manifold let oxygen into the system. The O2 sensor indicated the engine was lean so ECM/PCM dumped in excess fuel that then melted the honeycomb. Fixing the manifold should prevent future cat meltdown. Betting LTFT was way off.
Definitely a possibility
Not sure how you maintain the positive attitude when working on that vehicle. I am not that mentally strong. Great video
Thanks tracy
As teens we used to unbolt the exaust at the Cat. Take a tire iron, and poke a hole thru the cat honeycomb when we wanted more flow.
Then before bolting back, start it and rev while tapping with cat converter shell to blow out the broken media. otherwise itll clog the muffler and or make it a rattle box of catalytic converter media . Info on what to do to your car to hotrod it, from my crazy uncle early 80,s.
Mike you are a hoot 😅,love your channel,, keeping it real that the game we all play.
Thanks for watching
Make sure to check the screen is still in the outlet side of your old cat. If not the broken pieces could be in your muffler. Will cause future problems.
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Hey Mike to save you from the killer Salt from the winter roads they make a spray coating to stop the salt. but for me I'm Cheap. So this what worked for Me. Take a gallon sprayer fill it with Diesel and spray everything on the under carriage except for the Exhaust system. It always worked for me In real bad winters I would sprayed every 2-3 month's as needed It will keep your cars clean for years to come, Good luck and I hope this Helps.
Thanks James
@@CaptainKleeman if you think that you get road salt down there where you can look out and see Kentucky , c'mon up here where I can see Michigan and we not only get system snows but lake effect as well .
At work, we had some techs come to WA from the northeast a few years back. One was a car guy, and he was amazed at how good the condition of the used cars here were, and how cheap (pre-COVID) they were. He was thinking that he could buy a truck and car trailer and almost pay for it with one trip back home full of cars.
Can anyone in the comments tell me if you could braze a manifold. Have I seen it done, or was I dreaming again?
Nice work Mike 💪
It is possible to braze a exhaust manifold. It has to be cleaned down to bare metal including the crack. Then it has to be heated up to about 600 degrees, brazed then cooled down slowly to relieve stress. Probably not worth it unless its a rare classic part.
@@kenore4003. Thank you Ken. I had seen it dune, and it was on a very rare vintage car that has it's spare parts on the shelf between the hens teeth, and the rocking-horse poop.
I find your luck almost miraculous getting the exhaust system all apart without anything breaking.
Thumbs up 👍 my Chevy dealer has parts for life. Just saying!
Oh yes he did ….that stiff conversation you described with the owner is a big sign. He conceded to do “something” that he really didn’t want to and decided to go “full on passive aggressive”. It’s a thing with people that HAVE to comply. That’s why I never force someone cooking (or serving) my food as if they must knuckle under ….or else. There’s a movie out there about a chocolate pie that an uppity woman ate (and loved btw) where her housekeeper used a certain “special sauce” after getting pissed off.
I remember going up the highway following a friend in his truck.
All of a sudden I'm being pelted by debris coming out of his tailpipe.
Yup, the cat failed catastrophically leaving an empty shell.
Your videos are extremely entertaining for anyone and I’m a older young guy who watches a lot of video on TH-cam. Thanks, what I don’t get is 4000 views and only 1200 likes. Most of these people must not understand how this system works. This is as good as free entertaining gets. Thanks Captain.
Hey appreciate ya watching Robert
got to love the kids when they call you and say that it’s nothing
Haha,. She loves using the walkie talkies
Captain Kleeman I love that you did this shade tree style.
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Nice work there, Captain. I admire your patience with that project. My wife had a Terrain with the 2.4 Ecotec and while the car was nice, I just hated everything about that engine. Good car, horrible engine, and I wasn’t sad to see that engine leave our family fleet.
The cat converters melt away after a while I ran exhaust shop for years and replaced hundreds of converters for that reason
Hey Cap. The exhaust leak is the reason the cat core is MT. The added o2 will slowly burn off the core like charcoal. OEM or aftermarket. But cowboy is right.
Just love the way you take it all in your stride :) nice repairs saving your self some cash too !
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Can we imagine Capt Kleeman doing anything the easy way? Battery impact what ever
Ratchets are hard? Lol
The Captain is the original "how to" guy for creating problems to solve with creative solutions.
Great video as usual there BUD. 👍🏻 Can't wait till the next one! I like that your content is what a person goes through just trying to make it in the world on a tight budget. I'm really like that you keep things real! I believe that we should strive to learn something new everyday if not then we wasted that day. And you don't seem to be wasting any days!! Great job Mike
I wanted to come over and help today but I learned you were working on an exhaust system. Maybe next time. Hah!
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You make me nervous not choking the wheels. I know, I know I've done it too.
I googled what causes an empty cat. A bad O2 sensor can cause it. Glad you got it done right.
Had a car that finally would not pass smog, replace the cat with an aftermarket cat recommended by the state of California. The old cat was still passing smog with one small piece left inside. However when it was completely empty and blown out the tailpipe is when it finally would not pass smog testing anymore.
"Is that real life" 🤣 Too funny Mike!
The inside of the cat is where the valuable stuff is!
14:09 If you want to reduce cracking on exhaust manifolds, you will check the mating faces with a straight edge and when you find that, even on brand new manifolds, them uneven, you will surface (grind/sand/mill) them entire face to a single plane before install.
Very entertaining video. Hopefully, the manifold will not crack again.
Exhaust work is always brutal. I just laugh when someone says lm just going to unbolt that old muffler that been on the vehicle for 8 years and expect it to just slide out of the exhaust pipes and they will have no problem. 😂😂
Cats can have a black market value of anything between £40 / £400 depending on what model and contents of palladium and rhodium. Here in the UK its been Known for gangs to cut them off parked cars in broad daylight.
I have found the sauce of your cutlery mystery in Japan… in a video called ‘ the garden of the reptile house has been cleared’ at 5.07 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
Try doing this type of exhaust repair to a GMC 6.6 diesel engine great video thanks Mike
Mike, the exhaust place thanks you for the beer money from the cc guts, I noticed your headlights are a bit milky looking, if you soak some white paper towel with acetone and quickly wipe them over in an even pattern they will come back to fairy clear.
Thanks for the tips!
Not a professional but trying to survive. I can damn sure relate to that. Lol
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When underneath a vehicle safety glasses are your friend. You'll never have more than two eyes. It's always a good habit to wear safety glasses doing any kind of repairs. Also a cardboard box is a good cushion when you have to be on the ground. I always save the big boxes to be cut for a cushion.
The first cat burns itself out. Clogging the seccond cat. Increasing the temperature within. Melting and burning it out as well. The ceramic will contain and use a lot of heat. But everything burns if hot enough and long enough.
Yes the cat is gutted. After years of heating up, the firebrick breaks up and restricting the flow. I've done it myself on several of my over 10 year vehicles. Slightly louder but improved performance and mpg...
Nice job sir. Thanks for the tag along video.
Great video Captain Kleeman
Thank you!
22:17 5 year old me, holding the flashlight. 😂
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Need to clean your head light lens… safety you know great vid!
After the 2 second manifold I would be hunting down or making a set of stainless steel tube manifolds for that engine. There seems to be a lot of movement in the heat cycles and a cast part is not going to like that no matter how you "beef up" and redesign it.
You are correct sir. You do not need the expensive impact tools. But they are sure nice to have. I purchase harbor freight tools. Not to expensive and I'm not afraid to cut and weld a wrench socket or even a screwdriver to do a job.
Engineering marvel of a vehicle. Designed to last exactly 1 day past warranty!!!!
I'm 99% sure the first thing they do with a new car is find it's failure points and adjust the warranty accordingly
Entertaining commentary as always Cap 😅
You need to restore the beam from those headlight lenses by polishing the front of the glass with some toothpaste and finishing them off with some polymer sealant.
Keep up the good work sir 👍