Date:         Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:04:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: cause and effect, or not
Comments: To: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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Kick it - not definitive bot sometimes telling.

Karl Wolz
Sent from my electronic umbilicus

On Oct 18, 2011, at 5:17 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote:

> Max, you are right. I have seen a few busted up cats that caused weak
> power under load and a couple that kept the engine from running much at
> all. I helped find one of those after the family mechanic had given up
> and wanted to light the thing on fire. I'm not sure how to generally
> test for the failed cat condition though. Sometimes the cat pieces only
> get blown into a blocking position under high throttle and sometimes
> they stay there.
>
>
> I brought up this thread mostly to put the idea in more minds that this
> is something to watch for. Unfortunately the bolts that hold the cat and
> muffler are often so rusted that a destructive tool is the only way to
> get in there to check the cat and people shy away from that.
>
> Mark
>
>
> Max Wellhouse wrote:
>> Mark: I nthis age of Catalylic Converters, I think we need to modify
>> that old adage of checking for Compression, fuel, and spark and add
>> "breathing".
>>
>>