silverback Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 hi all, this will probably sound thick :-D but after talk of cat thefts i thought i'd have a look under the van to see what can be done to secure it better from thieves *-) so apart from the rear silencer i was confronted by this enormous bulging bit with a pipe running out of it back to the front somewhere...surely this cant be the cat (!) (a bit of googling and i think it might be a diesel particle exhaust filter) but am not at all sure :-S can any one confirm? had a bit of a sufttie further towards the engine and found a smaller silver coloured bulge wrapped in mesh is this it (?) feel free to mock :-D ive broad shoulders jonathan ps im a biggish bloke and found it blooming easy to get underneath, so no doubt the tea leafs do as well, with there angle grinders :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshortcircuit Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Can you specify what your MH is. My Fiat 2.8jtd 2005 does not have a cat which surprised me just a big silencer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverback Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 hi yes its a fiat 2.3 year 2012 or should i say built oct 2011 on a maxi chassis autotrail mohawk jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 It's the particulate filter, the cat is up behind the engine, the earlier Euro 4 engines had 2 cats one up behind the engine and one where you particulate filter is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandaemon Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Do the thieves know the difference and is the DPF worth stealing anyway ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Yep they nick DPF's as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euroserv Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Actually they are so stupid that we have even had exhausts nicked off vans that don't have cats! This will not stop until scrap dealers stop paying cash! When they have to pay into a bank account and have to photograph the seller with their offering, this crime and countless others will stop over night. Such a simple solution but so difficult for the powers that be to act on it. Perhaps the Insurance firms could lobby for it? Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverback Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 Thanks chaps..thats what i thought it was DPF...will look further up towards engine for said cat *-) the DPF £800 ish 8-) might alarm the system anyway so the toerags at least get a shock and smack there heads :-> :-> :-> they that thick like nick says they see big lump of exhaust and think £ and hopefully they are rolling schemes out now with the scrap dealers which will take off nationwise and stop metal theft :-D jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-B Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I'm probably being a bit thick here *-) but are we saying the cat is nearest to the engine and the PDF filter is the big box next to the silencer on a 2012 Ducato (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverback Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 yep Pete... thats what i'm getting the vibs on its because a coachbuild is differant from a pvc/white van they usually have to cram the exaust towards the front but the tea leafs dont know this *-) jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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