# Exhaust pipe / catalytic repair **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** plymouth, laser\ **Created:** [March 2, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-pipe-catalytic-repair/175518 "2021-03-02T22:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tom777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tom777](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom777)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-pipe-catalytic-repair/175518/1 "2021-03-02T22:06:37Z")
the very back end of the catalytic converter that forms a neck that attaches with a clamp to the rear exhaust pipe corroded and broke off… Can this be repaired without replacing the catalytic converter? The connecting clamp looks very corroded as well. Would it be better to take it to an exhaust shop like meinike or can any shop can take of this? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-pipe-catalytic-repair/175518/2 "2021-03-02T22:09:27Z")
I’d take to an independent local muffler shop (check reviews) and see what they say. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-pipe-catalytic-repair/175518/3 "2021-03-02T22:10:38Z")
Forget Meineke or Midas . Just find an independent shop and you will get more for your money . And only a shop can tell you if it can be repaired. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-pipe-catalytic-repair/175518/4 "2021-03-02T22:23:30Z")
Just be prepared for other exhaust parts to be rusted out, too, and needing replacement. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-pipe-catalytic-repair/175518/5 "2021-03-02T23:30:40Z")
$129 at rock auto. Are you in Cali? Carb models are $700 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/3/d3c35725b2dae897104d6332a7cef56cc27652b8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tom777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tom777](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom777)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-pipe-catalytic-repair/175518/6 "2021-03-03T01:08:25Z")
I was thinking about cutting off ends of a beer can …folding it so it fits into the end of catalytic converter and exhaust pipe and then using some of that tape they sell at autozone for muffler repair to seal it… would that work? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-pipe-catalytic-repair/175518/7 "2021-03-03T01:14:10Z")
That is a terrible idea . The exhaust should be repaired properly so you don’t have fumes entering the vehicle that can kill you. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-pipe-catalytic-repair/175518/8 "2021-03-03T01:29:37Z")
I think it’s too hot for the repair tape and too rusty for welding and not a beer can job at all. It’s not a VW Rabbit repair like my friend did to his car. He learned that it didn’t work on his muffler.