Power loss at 4000 solved

Jim Green jeg1976 at yahoo.com
Thu May 13 11:52:32 EDT 2004


--- Marc Dugas <nmuwildcat65 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Turns out the cat had broken up, well just the
> middle of it. If you looked 
> in either end it looked fine. No cracks no problems.
> Then I pulled it 
> totally off and it sounded like a can full of sand.
> If you hit the cat with 
> a hammer you couldnt here anything funny. The pieces
> where small enough to 
> not make a sound.
> It would let the exaust go through untill 4000 and
> just like a max flow 
> regulator, it would blow all the broken pieces to
> the exit and plug up. I 
> would let off the gas and the pieces would fall down
> and let the exaust flow 
> again. If someone else reads this and it helps them
> not go through the mass 
> parts change that I went through, then I guess my
> life can continue.
> 
> 
> WHAT A STUPID PROBLEM.

Glad you found it.  Those plugged kittys can be a real
PITA, I had one destroy a turbo from all the back pressure.

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq
'89 80q
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html


	
		
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