2003 Escape mystery item?
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2003 Escape mystery item?
Hello all:
We have an 03 Escape, about 95k miles. Noticed a small oil leak on the ground, no biggie, looks like it's from the drainplug. Anyway, when I was under there looking for the source, I noticed a piece of metal hanging loosely on the passenger side of the vehicle, just to the right side of the Catalytic converter, between the Cat and the passenger side door.
I have no clue what it is, what it's for, where it broke free from, looks like it's attached to some sort of gasket, hard to describe, maybe 7-8 inches long, very heavy, I don't have access to a lift to really check it out.
It's too far back to be part of the suspension, I'm just clueless.
We have an 03 Escape, about 95k miles. Noticed a small oil leak on the ground, no biggie, looks like it's from the drainplug. Anyway, when I was under there looking for the source, I noticed a piece of metal hanging loosely on the passenger side of the vehicle, just to the right side of the Catalytic converter, between the Cat and the passenger side door.
I have no clue what it is, what it's for, where it broke free from, looks like it's attached to some sort of gasket, hard to describe, maybe 7-8 inches long, very heavy, I don't have access to a lift to really check it out.
It's too far back to be part of the suspension, I'm just clueless.
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well, found out what it was, some sort of support hangar for part of the exhaust in front of the flexpipe, between the Catalytic converter and the flexpipe, the weld that attaches to the exhaust just rotted away and left the big hanger dangling down...ford removed the faulty hanger, now they're saying that because that hangar is gone, the exhaust will rattle more, and then may eventually fall down, front first just in back of the cat.
Price to fix with labor, since Ford states the hangar comes assembled already attached to the pipe between the cat and the flex pipe, $590. That sucks.
Price to fix with labor, since Ford states the hangar comes assembled already attached to the pipe between the cat and the flex pipe, $590. That sucks.
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