Oil consumption, MC2

[Joshua Van tol]

On Thursday, September 26, 2002, at 12:57  AM, Huw Powell wrote:

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>> I am also wondering if this has anything to do with the fact
>> the car is running poorly. I have full boost (on the dash
>> digital gauge) but NO power. Car acts like pressing on the
>> gas causes the engine distress. It picks up from low RPM
>> semi-normally, but then it stumbles and doesn't respond,
>> although the boost gauge goes up).
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> That sounds like a clogged cat to me, to shoot from the hip.  A clogged
> cat makes it hard to get to high rpms.  You've got exhaust back
> pressure, hence the "boost", but no flow, hence the lack of
> acceleration.

Ah, but with exhaust restriction comes reduced boost as well, because
the turbo needs high flow, and low backpressure from the rest of the
exhaust to work.

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