My 2003 Grand Espace has suffered its first major failure, one week after posting some comment on this site that its had no problems.
The welded joint where the catalytic converter meets the exhaust pipe just at the back of the engine seems to have failed. I didn't catch it on anything afaics and it looks like a shoddy weld, the pipe fits into the cat perfectly. The exhaust seems to be a one piece from the cat to the back box.
What are the chances of it being welded up again? I know someone at Renault and they are getting me a price for a new exhaust but I dont think much change out of £1k for a complete exhaust inc cats.
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Find a back street garage to weld it as they are difficult to weld and usually only a short term fix.
Make sure engine/gearbox mountings are not sloppy causing the backlash or sloppy gearchanging with vehement clutch dropping.
Consider s/h from proper salvage breaker .thats what i do in this situation
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