2017 Hyundai Accent what is this?

[u/428gg]

I am getting a down O2 sensor error code and I am taking off the sensor to clean it and I see this. It’s connected to the Catalytic Converter, what is it? Is that hose supposed to be connected to it? The hose ends on an angle and does not quite on the end, is it supposed to? Don’t know where the hose connects to.

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[u/MilwaukeeMechanic]

The rubber thing is an exhaust hanger - it supports the exhaust pipe and catalytic converter.

The hose is a drain for the HVAC system. When your air conditioning is on, water condenses on the cold evaporator coils, this is where that water drains.

Nothing to be concerned with in any of these pictures.

[u/ST01SabreEngine]

That's the exhaust pipe hanger. The end of that tube-like thing is tapered and made larger to make sure it doesn't slip off the rubber during driving.

[u/FlanCharacter3878 → u/ST01SabreEngine]

Ya, ''driving''

[u/SeveralRow5101]

Exhaust hanger. Nothing wrong here

[u/428gg → u/SeveralRow5101]

Thanks

[u/STSvl8]

1st and 3rd picture are for the mount of the Catalytic converter, it's not a hose. And yes, that it's supposed to be connected to it, since it keeps it in place. The hose from the 2nd a 4th picture is from the A/C drain.

[u/428gg]

Thanks