What is a catalytic converter? (or muffler as we call it here in Kenya)
The muffler turns harmful gases from your exhaust into less harmful gases.
Why is the muffler stolen?
The catalytic converter contains valuable metals like Platinum, rhodium and Palladium. The muffler is sold on the black market, It is easy money for the thieves.
How to prevent the muffler from being stolen.
Avoid places that are notorious for muffler theft e.g. Grogon on Kirinyaga road.
Two, ask a garage, to bolt the catalytic converter on the body.
Three, always supervise what your local jua kali mechanic is doing to your car since some of them are suspect.
What do I do with the muffler is stolen?
Unfortunately, when your muffler is stolen, you have to replace it, which does not come cheap. This will set you back around 20,000 to 40,000 Kenya Shillings.
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If muffler is stolen,will it be easier to replace it or buying a new complete exhaust system is advisable?
Replacing it is easier
If mafler stolen,can check engine warning appear on the dashboard
Yes, check engine will appear on the dashboard
They are removing the check engine sign…
Mine was removed on Monday…car came with no check engine sign…people kept telling me maybe it’s not removed due since this sign is a key indicator but once mec checked they had already removed. Other bad sign was it’s locked with specific long screws…but a manual check showed one rusty one and one new one…and the two were not tightly screwed back.. loosely inserted
I hired a self drive vehicle Prado TX a 3000 CC petrol engine. on my way back to Nairobi, the dashboard had the following warning signs :
Check engine
4LO
Stearing Sign.
Diagnosis at a garage in Isiolo indicated that it didn’t have the Catalytic converter and the stearing sensor wasn’t working. The 4LO sign was rectified.
I informed the car owner to careful about his mechanic.
This is a great information and maybe next time you will give more information
How will the police assist me when I report a mechanic who stole my vehicle muffler without my consent?
Kamukunji police very proactive….the culprit is arrested and cannot be released without 100k
my wife recently while driving on a murram road being repaired with hard-core tried to force the vehicle over the loosely laid material but got stuck in the process. After being assisted to get it off the rocks, the vehicle now is emitting some deep guttural sound when revved which id assumed to be a crack along the exhaust but this was not the case. does the muffler produce such a sound if damaged as above?