Safe to drive with broken catylitic converter --> turbo flange?

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Oct 11, 2005 | 05:52 AM

Alex42886

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Safe to drive with broken catylitic converter --> turbo flange?

My cat--> Turbo flange cracked last night on the highway at 75,000 miles (thank god because in 5,000 more it would be out of the 8yr/80,000 emissions warranty). Well my question is can I drive it for about a 25 minute, mostly highway ride, to my audi dealer? I'm at school right now and left the car at home, but on Monday it has an appointment at Inskip which is about 25 minutes away. Will any harm be done driving it down there besides blow my ear drums because my car sounds like a monster truck? There are no CEL on either.

Oct 11, 2005 | 06:01 AM

boehm781

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keep it in the same gear if you can, i drove pretty far with the cat..

cracked at the turbo, just make sure nothing is hanging down and try to keep a steady speed to keep the vibrations to a minimum.

Oct 11, 2005 | 06:01 AM

Joey T

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Drive with the windows open:)

Carry a fire extinguisher.

Don't belive anything about burning out valves.

Lose the wing.

Oct 11, 2005 | 06:21 AM

Alex42886

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I swear my "sport trunk lip" looks good in person that pic of my car is old too...i have an S4

front bumper and valeo 1-piece ecodes from awe-tuning and 18" RS4 reps and I am waiting to get a chance to install my stassis street sports : ) ps. the "sport trunk lip" was on the car when I got it 4 years ago...and I've never wanted to dish out the cash to remove it and fill the holes and get it repainted...found better places to spend my money i guess. Thanks for your replies guys.

Oct 11, 2005 | 07:47 AM

boostedfun

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When my Cat inlet flange broke...

it completely broke off the cat and allowed the turbo to melt a lot of things under the hood, since the hot exhaust was shooting straight back against the fore wall. Was not pretty. Mmm.. bubbling fuel lines. At least the harness was easy to change.

Oct 11, 2005 | 09:50 AM

1.8mike

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Mine poped off the flange. I drove about 400mi without any problems.

I was stuck in Canada and had to get it home somehow. I keept the speeds around 60-65 once in a while 70-75. I thought it sounded like an old farm tractor.