Gallardo cat sucking

[Hoofy]

Just heard about this on a JayEmm (YouTube) video. How common is this? Are we talking 996 IMS territory or much more common? Is it avoidable?

[easytiger123]

I think I may have stumbled onto a video with that title on Pornhub. Was strange.

[andrew]

i know directly of one cat being sucked, with material being blown and ingested ( ! ), leading to subsequent head, piston and bore damage

i replaced my cats to avoid this possible pain

Edited by andrew on Monday 6th February 09:10

[Trev450]

Yes this is a fairly common fault with Gallardo cats.

I'm not sure what the procedure is for checking them, but I can thoroughly recommend Ricky at RE Performance in Swindon when it comes to these cars.

https://reperformance.co.uk/

[andrew]

Trev450 said:

Yes this is a fairly common fault with Gallardo cats.

I'm not sure what the procedure is for checking them, but I can thoroughly recommend Ricky at RE Performance in Swindon when it comes to these cars.

https://reperformance.co.uk/

the procedure appears to be to take the cats off and shake them !
rattling noise equals too late...

[Hoofy]

easytiger123 said:

I think I may have stumbled onto a video with that title on Pornhub. Was strange.

If you do it right, they can really dig their claws in.

[Hoofy]

andrew said:

i know directly of one cat being sucked, with material being blown and ingested ( ! ), leading to subsequent head, piston and bore damage

i replaced my cats to avoid this possible pain

Standard new cats or sports cat? And how much?

[Hoofy]

andrew said:

Trev450 said:

Yes this is a fairly common fault with Gallardo cats.

I'm not sure what the procedure is for checking them, but I can thoroughly recommend Ricky at RE Performance in Swindon when it comes to these cars.

https://reperformance.co.uk/

the procedure appears to be to take the cats off and shake them !
rattling noise equals too late...

Oh dear.

Guess a professional pre-purchase inspection is an idea? Or would this be missed?

[jeremyc]

Full gory details of a rebuild following cat ingestion are here courtesy of 4321go.

[andrew]

Hoofy said:

andrew said:

i know directly of one cat being sucked, with material being blown and ingested ( ! ), leading to subsequent head, piston and bore damage

i replaced my cats to avoid this possible pain

Standard new cats or sports cat? And how much?

lambo pangbo subcontracted a chap to build me exactly what i wanted
it sounds stock until 3500rpm and 75% throttle, then it doesn't !
ALL the associated parts came to a total of £2275 + vat

[Trev450]

Hoofy said:

andrew said:

Trev450 said:

Yes this is a fairly common fault with Gallardo cats.

I'm not sure what the procedure is for checking them, but I can thoroughly recommend Ricky at RE Performance in Swindon when it comes to these cars.

https://reperformance.co.uk/

the procedure appears to be to take the cats off and shake them !
rattling noise equals too late...

Oh dear.

Guess a professional pre-purchase inspection is an idea? Or would this be missed?

Not something that would normally be checked. I guess you could ask for them to be examined specifcally, but have no idea of the additional cost to do it.

[Hoofy]

jeremyc said:

Full gory details of a rebuild following cat ingestion are here courtesy of 4321go.

Thanks. Sounds like the car owned by JayEmm (YouTube)?

[Hoofy]

andrew said:

Hoofy said:

andrew said:

i know directly of one cat being sucked, with material being blown and ingested ( ! ), leading to subsequent head, piston and bore damage

i replaced my cats to avoid this possible pain

Standard new cats or sports cat? And how much?

lambo pangbo subcontracted a chap to build me exactly what i wanted
it sounds stock until 3500rpm and 75% throttle, then it doesn't !
ALL the associated parts came to a total of £2275 + vat

Thanks. Interesting. Didn't know people custom-made cats!

[Hoofy]

Trev450 said:

Hoofy said:

andrew said:

Trev450 said:

Yes this is a fairly common fault with Gallardo cats.

I'm not sure what the procedure is for checking them, but I can thoroughly recommend Ricky at RE Performance in Swindon when it comes to these cars.

https://reperformance.co.uk/

the procedure appears to be to take the cats off and shake them !
rattling noise equals too late...

Oh dear.

Guess a professional pre-purchase inspection is an idea? Or would this be missed?

Not something that would normally be checked. I guess you could ask for them to be examined specifcally, but have no idea of the additional cost to do it.

Oh right. So what would the procedure be if you saw a car you liked?

Buy it, hope for the best, have cats shaked at your local indie, cross fingers?

[andrew]

Hoofy said:

Trev450 said:

Hoofy said:

andrew said:

Trev450 said:

Yes this is a fairly common fault with Gallardo cats.

I'm not sure what the procedure is for checking them, but I can thoroughly recommend Ricky at RE Performance in Swindon when it comes to these cars.

https://reperformance.co.uk/

the procedure appears to be to take the cats off and shake them !
rattling noise equals too late...

Oh dear.

Guess a professional pre-purchase inspection is an idea? Or would this be missed?

Not something that would normally be checked. I guess you could ask for them to be examined specifcally, but have no idea of the additional cost to do it.

Oh right. So what would the procedure be if you saw a car you liked?

Buy it, hope for the best, have cats shaked at your local indie, cross fingers?

2000 mile test drive and measure the oil consumption ?

[Hoofy]

andrew said:

Hoofy said:

Trev450 said:

Hoofy said:

andrew said:

Trev450 said:

Yes this is a fairly common fault with Gallardo cats.

I'm not sure what the procedure is for checking them, but I can thoroughly recommend Ricky at RE Performance in Swindon when it comes to these cars.

https://reperformance.co.uk/

the procedure appears to be to take the cats off and shake them !
rattling noise equals too late...

Oh dear.

Guess a professional pre-purchase inspection is an idea? Or would this be missed?

Not something that would normally be checked. I guess you could ask for them to be examined specifcally, but have no idea of the additional cost to do it.

Oh right. So what would the procedure be if you saw a car you liked?

Buy it, hope for the best, have cats shaked at your local indie, cross fingers?

2000 mile test drive and measure the oil consumption ?

That's one way. Hm. Is there anything in the computer that measures oil consumption?

If I asked the seller, they'd just say something vague like not bad or fine or not bad considering the engine size, possibly because they don't realise there's a problem and accept that there is some oil consumption.

[Trev450]

Hoofy said:

Trev450 said:

Hoofy said:

andrew said:

Trev450 said:

Yes this is a fairly common fault with Gallardo cats.

I'm not sure what the procedure is for checking them, but I can thoroughly recommend Ricky at RE Performance in Swindon when it comes to these cars.

https://reperformance.co.uk/

the procedure appears to be to take the cats off and shake them !
rattling noise equals too late...

Oh dear.

Guess a professional pre-purchase inspection is an idea? Or would this be missed?

Not something that would normally be checked. I guess you could ask for them to be examined specifcally, but have no idea of the additional cost to do it.

Oh right. So what would the procedure be if you saw a car you liked?

Buy it, hope for the best, have cats shaked at your local indie, cross fingers?

Get a good indy such as RE Performance to PPI it and instruct them to include a check on the cats.

[andrew]

Trev450 said:

Hoofy said:

Trev450 said:

Hoofy said:

andrew said:

Trev450 said:

Yes this is a fairly common fault with Gallardo cats.

I'm not sure what the procedure is for checking them, but I can thoroughly recommend Ricky at RE Performance in Swindon when it comes to these cars.

https://reperformance.co.uk/

the procedure appears to be to take the cats off and shake them !
rattling noise equals too late...

Oh dear.

Guess a professional pre-purchase inspection is an idea? Or would this be missed?

Not something that would normally be checked. I guess you could ask for them to be examined specifcally, but have no idea of the additional cost to do it.

Oh right. So what would the procedure be if you saw a car you liked?

Buy it, hope for the best, have cats shaked at your local indie, cross fingers?

Get a good indy such as RE Performance to PPI it and instruct them to include a check on the cats.

but what check could you do on the cats ?
if they're 99% intact, then they're going to work ok
and it's not easy to get a view inside them...

[Trev450]

andrew said:

Trev450 said:

Hoofy said:

Trev450 said:

Hoofy said:

andrew said:

Trev450 said:

Yes this is a fairly common fault with Gallardo cats.

I'm not sure what the procedure is for checking them, but I can thoroughly recommend Ricky at RE Performance in Swindon when it comes to these cars.

https://reperformance.co.uk/

the procedure appears to be to take the cats off and shake them !
rattling noise equals too late...

Oh dear.

Guess a professional pre-purchase inspection is an idea? Or would this be missed?

Not something that would normally be checked. I guess you could ask for them to be examined specifcally, but have no idea of the additional cost to do it.

Oh right. So what would the procedure be if you saw a car you liked?

Buy it, hope for the best, have cats shaked at your local indie, cross fingers?

Get a good indy such as RE Performance to PPI it and instruct them to include a check on the cats.

but what check could you do on the cats ?
if they're 99% intact, then they're going to work ok
and it's not easy to get a view inside them...

It is a difficult one. Not sure if you could get a boroscope inside via the sensor bung

[Hoofy]

Trev450 said:

andrew said:

Trev450 said:

Hoofy said:

Trev450 said:

Hoofy said:

andrew said:

Trev450 said:

Yes this is a fairly common fault with Gallardo cats.

I'm not sure what the procedure is for checking them, but I can thoroughly recommend Ricky at RE Performance in Swindon when it comes to these cars.

https://reperformance.co.uk/

the procedure appears to be to take the cats off and shake them !
rattling noise equals too late...

Oh dear.

Guess a professional pre-purchase inspection is an idea? Or would this be missed?

Not something that would normally be checked. I guess you could ask for them to be examined specifcally, but have no idea of the additional cost to do it.

Oh right. So what would the procedure be if you saw a car you liked?

Buy it, hope for the best, have cats shaked at your local indie, cross fingers?

Get a good indy such as RE Performance to PPI it and instruct them to include a check on the cats.

but what check could you do on the cats ?
if they're 99% intact, then they're going to work ok
and it's not easy to get a view inside them...

It is a difficult one. Not sure if you could get a boroscope inside via the sensor bung

Thanks both for thinking about this. Not sure what the option is then.