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Re: Catalytic converter

Posted By:	Rich
Posted On:	January 28, 2004 at 02:36 am GMST

Derek:
   Thanks for the reply.  For the most part it has been taken well care of, but throughout its life it had a blown head gasket that leaked coolant into the combustion chamber and therfore the exhaust.  It was like this about 1 year before I got water in the oil and replaced the head and gasket.  The other mishap was an O2 sensor that caused the check engine light to come on going up hills - since has been replaced.  New cats are about ~$100 on the Web - I might just invest in one.  I am not really performance oriented and am cheap so I will probably just go with the cat.  One idea I had was to "punch-out" the old cat to see if it made a difference, but with that plan I might as well just replace it.

Thanks again,
Rich

Derek wrote:

> It might be... although not li
> kely.. it depends on how well
> the engine was ran. if it was
> always taken care of, tune ups
> and such it should be fine..
> but if the cat has had coolant
> , gas, etc through it then it
> might be plugged.. btw, if you
> do the cat you might as well
> go for the whole exhaust.. get
> 2.25" mandrel bent, or 2.5 cr
> ush bent.
>
> Rich wrote:
>
> > Hey guys:
> > Has anyone had problems
> > with cat converters plugging
> u
> > p?  I have an 84 GTS 22RE, 2
> 13
> > K miles - doen't seem to hav
> e
> > the poop it should have and
> I
> > am wondering if it is the ca
> t
> > converter restricting the ex
> ha
> > ust.  Has anyone had any exp
> er
> > ience with replaced theirs o
> r
> > found the cat to be restrict
> ed
> > ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rich
> >

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Re: Catalytic converter - Erick 02/01/04 (2)

Re: Catalytic converter - erickl 02/01/04 (1)

Re: Catalytic converter - Rich 02/02/04 (0)

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Message:	Rich wrote: > Derek: > Thanks for the reply. For > the most part it has been take > n well care of, but throughout > its life it had a blown head > gasket that leaked coolant int > o the combustion chamber and t > herfore the exhaust. It was l > ike this about 1 year before I > got water in the oil and repl > aced the head and gasket. The > other mishap was an O2 sensor > that caused the check engine > light to come on going up hill > s - since has been replaced. > New cats are about ~$100 on th > e Web - I might just invest in > one. I am not really perform > ance oriented and am cheap so > I will probably just go with t > he cat. One idea I had was to > "punch-out" the old cat to se > e if it made a difference, but > with that plan I might as wel > l just replace it. > > Thanks again, > Rich > > > Derek wrote: > > > It might be... although not > li > > kely.. it depends on how wel > l > > the engine was ran. if it wa > s > > always taken care of, tune u > ps > > and such it should be fine.. > > but if the cat has had coola > nt > > , gas, etc through it then i > t > > might be plugged.. btw, if y > ou > > do the cat you might as well > > go for the whole exhaust.. g > et > > 2.25" mandrel bent, or 2.5 c > r > > ush bent. > > > > Rich wrote: > > > > > Hey guys: > > > Has anyone had problems > > > with cat converters pluggi > ng > > u > > > p? I have an 84 GTS 22RE, > 2 > > 13 > > > K miles - doen't seem to h > av > > e > > > the poop it should have an > d > > I > > > am wondering if it is the > ca > > t > > > converter restricting the > ex > > ha > > > ust. Has anyone had any e > xp > > er > > > ience with replaced theirs > o > > r > > > found the cat to be restri > ct > > ed > > > ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Rich > > >
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