Gosh Darn Emmissions (90q20v)

[David Thoresen]

Well it's done... I ended up getting the car registered at my moms 
address where they don't need emissions done..  yay!

However I did want to check the cat (and get rid of the tip of the OXS 
sensor that had found its way in there)  I ended up hollowing out the 
cat, and found quite a bit of it had melted!  I am assuming this could 
be an issue of being to old or the car running rich.

I cant wait to use up the tank of low octane fuel I have in the car 
right now... even so its A LOT faster with the cat hallowed out.

I did take of the throttle body yesterday cleaned it up with some air 
intake cleaner... sure was FILTHY... lots of oil and gook in there, I 
am tempted to think that is from the collapse of the engine breather 
hose a while back (replaced with the new version)... I am curious to 
see how dirty the intake manifolds are (will take those off when I 
replace my valve cover gasket.)

Thanks everyone for your help!  The cat certainly was the culprit!  And 
my curiosity killed the cat!  ;o)

David
90q 20v