matt2e

Hi folks,

I put the following post on another thread but wanted to make sure everyone was aware of this in case it helped someone out. Haven't seen this power loss solution anywhere else ..... so :-

..... Well my power loss problem has been solved .... nothing to do with plugs (hot or otherwise), nothing to do with fuel inlets or anything that exotic. The reason my motor was as much use as a chocolate teapot is that the fuel had eaten my catalytic converter. Apparently the to-ing and fro-ing at the docks and pre/post shipping involves journeys of such short duration that the fuel, pumped into the cat to be burned to heat it up to cater for emission control regs, doesn't ignite and just sits there munching the ceramic honeycomb. Result the cat collapses, blocks the exhaust and exhaust gases have no where to go except back into engine - massive loss of power QED.

I know this was the case with my car because the garage didn't have a spare catalyst and took the old one out .... my car now rocks, kills squirrels and birds and I have my own hole in the ozone, but it has cured the problem big time.

For any green folks out there this will be a short-lived environmental disaster as my new Cat arrives on Thursday - I have a bowl for it's milk and everything .....

The engineer knew exactly what it was and said this DID happen from time to time so I hope this helps the RX8 brethren and brethrenesses.

Cheers

Matt