Exhuast ring??

[jriggs87]

Hi yall, Im at work right now so I cant put a picture up yet. after jacking up the car to do the rotors (which went perfectly) I noticed at the bottom of the exhaust after the cat converter where the pipe bends to run along the bootm of the car, right in front of the flex pipe/ mesh looking pipe, there was a metal ring, almost like a sheild that was totally loose and just dangling around the pipe like, well.. a ring. Just wondering if this is something bad or something that can be cut and discarded. I will try to take a pic when i can steal my wife's camera!
I havnt noticed any noise from this thing, and it seems to have rusted away and broken off. any help would be great! thanks for lookin!
JR

[ontarian_frog]

Yeah mine did that too... I just cut the ring off so it would stop making noises.

[jriggs87]

Thanks frog, you have an idea where it came from? Im assuming the cat.

[awarren_]

Yes, mine has one too. Its on the front exhaust before the cat. I'm going to cut it off when I get a chance...

[ontarian_frog]

Thanks frog, you have an idea where it came from? Im assuming the cat.

It's part of the flex pipe assembly. I don't know why it's there when new, might be from manufacturing the flex pipe.

[Daox]

Yep, mine had the same problem. I chopped it off like the others.