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How can u check if your Catylitic converter is shot???

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Old 01-26-2005, 01:17 AM
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Hey,
Just wondering if any of you know how to check if your catylitic converter is shot....my cars running poorly and I think it could be one of the problems.
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Old 01-26-2005, 01:21 AM
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Shake it
 
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Old 01-26-2005, 01:30 AM
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UMMM.....like a polaroid picture??...LOL
 
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Old 01-26-2005, 01:34 AM
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No, more like a can of spray paint. If anything is movin' around in there, it ain't good.
 
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Old 01-26-2005, 11:28 AM
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and if it is shot, you can use Grim's Cat converter easy fix:

necessary tools: 1 pole of slightly smaller diameter than exhaust piping
1 Large hammer
place 1 end of pole into center section of converter
vigorously hammer other end of pole with large hammer.

Fixed.
 
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Old 01-26-2005, 02:07 PM
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also, if a cat is shot, wouldn't your exhuast smell like sewer? I herd that somewhere before.
 
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Old 01-26-2005, 02:32 PM
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Default RE: How can u check if your Catylitic converter is shot???
also if your cat converter is shot wouldnt that mean that you have more hp? you know the filament inside breaks donw after awhile allowing more flow...isnt that right?
 
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I thought cats were supposed to last the entire lifetime of the car.
 
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the thing that i have heard about them "going bad"..is them getting cloged up...reducing air flow but i could be wrong
 
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Old 01-26-2005, 07:37 PM
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ORIGINAL: fast93civic

also, if a cat is shot, wouldn't your exhuast smell like sewer? I herd that somewhere before.

That it true. Your car will smell reallt bad out of the exhaust.
 
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