Ok....somebody tell me they've seen this before!!

[jonny1506]

I have included photo of inside catalytic converter. I swear it is a round honeycomb ball of material that everytime I would full throttle it would stick in exhaust end of converter causing lack of power and sounded like a wwssshhh sound like a vac or boost leak. One has already come out on its own with a big thud. Here's the other stupid ? how do i get it out and has anyone seen this before. Thanks

[billymade]

Ummm, take it to a muffler shop and have then have them check it out for you? You may need to replace some parts of the exhaust; I'm sure once they cut into the problem area; the issue will be plain to see, what is going on... keep us informed on your repair! Good luck!

[dmbluebeetle]

My first guess is that the material inside the converter is breaking apart, That used to be a big problem when converters first came out. The roundness would be due to the exhaust gases blowing by eroding the material.