Chas, Have a friend rev the bus-cold- while you stand back there and check it out. If exhaust only peters out, you hear hissing in proportion to throttle position, there is a "pinhole in the exhaust or heater boxes" sound, or the motor runs strangely quiet, you have a stuffed cat. To confirm, perform a vacuum test. Severe dips in vacuum as the engine is revved indicates an obstuction in the exhaust. If you have confirmation that this is the case, act IMMEDIATELY. Don't risk your valves and rings in the process. After the cat is replaced (if needed), check your vacuum once more to see if your Type IV is healthy. Valves are a problem with the 2000cc. :( Best of luck, Sam
---David Chasteen <dchaz@GTE.NET> wrote: > > Can someone give me an idea of what symptoms a clogged catalytic converter might exhibit? My '82 Westy has been acting hinkey for a while. First, running fine cold, but when it got hot, seeming to flood out. Replaced the temp sensor, plugs, points, condenser, and checked all FI systems including spray patterns of injectors. Nothing seemed to help. Now, it wont stay running at all. > > I searched the archives, but nothing specific seems to jump out at me except a loss of power when engine is hot. Is it worth me trying to pry the damn thing off to see if it runs without it? > > Chaz > '82 Westy "peewee" > <HR> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Can someone give me an idea of what symptoms a clogged catalytic converter might exhibit? My '82 Westy has been acting hinkey for a while. First, running fine cold, but when it got hot, seeming to flood out. Replaced the temp sensor, plugs, points, condenser, and checked all FI systems including spray patterns of injectors. Nothing seemed to help. Now, it wont stay running at all.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I searched the archives, but nothing specific seems to jump out at me except a loss of power when engine is hot. Is it worth me trying to pry the damn thing off to see if it runs without it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Chaz</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>'82 Westy "peewee"</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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