Re: Help With 1984 Coupe GT 2.1 L engine

[FMARTIN <FMARTIN@ithaca.edu>]

>Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 22:45:03 -0600
>From: "Jeremiah Curry" <jeremiahcurry@sprintmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Help With 1984 Coupe GT 2.1 L engine
>
>Thanks Huw,
>
>    You nailed it I had given up and taken it to Alpine Auto the local Audi
>Specialty shop.  On the way there the engine suddenly started working fine.
>The mechanic said the inside of the catalitic converter had broken up and
>that it was getting stuck sideways and stopping the exhaust.  Running fine
>for now while I try to save money to pay to get a new one.  

Jeremiah,

If you are driving the car as it is while waiting to put in a new converter, 
you might want to throw a ball peen hammer or something with more reach into 
your car, as well as something to lie down on. The broken piece/pieces in your 
converter might just decide to re-block the exit pipe at some inopportune 
moment (which is just about anytime you are on the road). Then you can at 
least reach under the car and whack the converter a few times, with the engine 
off. May again dislodge the blockage.  BTDT with an '80 VW Rabbit - a chunk of 
substrate had broken loose and like a rock in a river been nicely egg-shaped,  
so that it would occasionally roll up against the exit pipe. 

Frank M. 
'90 200TQ
'88 Mazda 323 GTX

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