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Help asap, roaring engine sound after oil over fill?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by Jcrew6311, Jan 13, 2022.

  1. alftoy

    alftoy Senior Member

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    Are you sure he isn't seeing the back part of the exhaust circled in red as the converter, the converter is circled in yellow. Would be better if you had a pic of the underside of the car.
     

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  2. Jcrew6311

    Jcrew6311 Junior Member

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    I don't know, I'm not home yet (had to rush to work with my wife's car so will check once home), but it'll be easier for me to tell once home.
     
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    catalytic converter...GONE!!! Grr. Well thank you all for narrowing this down for me. I was 100% thinking it was oil related.
     
  4. edthefox5

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    Yup hard to mistake that sound.

    You own a Gen2 Prius your gonna get your cat cut off. They are the #1 choice for scumbags.

    And now they know where you live and will be back in a while after you replace it. Not sure if AZ is a carb state if not a replacement cat is about $125 from Amazon plus they chopped and damaged your Cat 02 senor harness so your going to have to buy a new 02 sensor too and have that harness repaired.
    If its a carb state oh lordy....

    Has become so bad in other states police are using cat bait cars:

    Costa Mesa is going after catalytic-converter thieves with bait cars (msn.com)
     
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    I just saw one of those signs in Costa Mesa yesterday. Nice to see some cities are taking action.
     
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