cat pipe question

slo95 · 10-10-2001, 03:17 PM

How do you tell when the catalytic converters are clogged/no longer effective / hurting performance?

Smokedawg · 10-10-2001, 05:44 PM

I am pretty sure that when your cats get clogged, they will get really hot and start glowing due to them being so hot. Drive your car at night for a little while, then look under your car and see if they seem to be glowing.
Derek

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slo95 · 10-10-2001, 07:30 PM

thanks, just got back from a pretty hard drive, and nothing is red or glowing, I thought I smelled something today and figured I would ask...kinda smelled like rotten eggs (bad cat?)?

Godslayer · 10-10-2001, 08:01 PM

Could also be a bad 02 sensor. I've had them cause nasty smells.

10-10-2001, 03:17 PM	#1
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10-10-2001, 05:44 PM	#2
Smokedawg Tires Fear Me... Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 867	I am pretty sure that when your cats get clogged, they will get really hot and start glowing due to them being so hot. Drive your car at night for a little while, then look under your car and see if they seem to be glowing. Derek ------------------ 347 Stroker Motor: Balanced, Cobra Transmission, Extrude Ported and Polished Upper and ported Lower, GT40 Milled Ported and Polished Heads, B303 Cam, BBK 1 5/8 Headers, 30lb Bosch Injectors, Holley AFPR, March Underdrive Pulleys, Perma-Cool Fan, 3-Core Radiator, Accel Performance Coil, Accel 300+ Racing Wires, Ram Air, K&N Filter, 73mm Vortech MAF, 70mm TB, FlowMaster Exhaust w/BBK Offroad H-Pipe, Hurst Shifter, 3:55 Gears, Ram Clutch, Cross Drilled Rotors, AC and Smog del, rear seat del.

10-10-2001, 07:30 PM	#3
slo95 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 168	thanks, just got back from a pretty hard drive, and nothing is red or glowing, I thought I smelled something today and figured I would ask...kinda smelled like rotten eggs (bad cat?)?

10-10-2001, 08:01 PM	#4
Godslayer Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Largo, FL USA Posts: 274	Could also be a bad 02 sensor. I've had them cause nasty smells.