recall on cat converter?

04-19-2006, 12:59 AM

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recall on cat converter?

after driving my 8 for about an hour (it has 10kmiles) i feel loss of power (rpm gauge moves up slowly). The engine and tranny are excessibly hot but cooling temp. on gauge is less than half. I feel that the catalitic converter gets cloaged while driving more than 20 miles. Please advice what to do? Am I on the right track? or should I take it to dealer for check-up?

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04-19-2006, 01:29 AM

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Go to to the steepest hill you can find. If you can't go ver 45mph it's clogged or your hill isn't long enough or steep enough to test it.

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04-19-2006, 11:00 AM

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There hasn't been a recall as far as I know. My car has had 3 cat converters replaced so far. If it is a problem, you will find the car is running sluggish and will get a CEL.

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04-19-2006, 03:28 PM

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thanks

hey thanks for the advice. my cel already came on. I want to ask you how come you have replaced so many cats? was your 8 slugging or what?

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04-19-2006, 04:28 PM

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My cat was wasted, and my car showed no CEL.

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04-19-2006, 05:29 PM

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What are the causes of cat failure?

flooding, a majority of the time.

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04-19-2006, 05:35 PM

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Even hard-starting (dumping fuel into a cat, sorta)

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04-19-2006, 05:54 PM

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why would there be a recall on the cat? Its federally mandated that its warranted for 100k miles...

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04-19-2006, 06:22 PM

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why would there be a recall on the cat? Its federally mandated that its warranted for 100k miles...

But will the dealer admit that there is a problem wit the CAT?

What if it's poisoned? http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question482.htm

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04-20-2006, 12:16 AM

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my car has the same issue and i can assure you it is not the cat... a fix is coming...

beers

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04-20-2006, 07:16 AM

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my car has the same issue and i can assure you it is not the cat... a fix is coming...

beers

Spill the beans! Fes up! Tell us what you know!

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04-24-2006, 09:48 PM

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"...fix coming" ???
I just crossed the magic 50k mile line. No more warrenty for me. Would this "fix" be of the no-warranty-needed recall variety?

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04-25-2006, 09:51 AM

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"...fix coming" ???
I just crossed the magic 50k mile line. No more warrenty for me. Would this "fix" be of the no-warranty-needed recall variety?

There is a longer (federal required) warrenty on emissions related systems.

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05-14-2006, 03:19 PM

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is there a cat converter out there that would fix this problem?

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05-14-2006, 03:22 PM

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i purchased my rx8 in virginia which is a non emission state. my vehicle is EPA approved by the FEDS but not from california. how do I make my vehicle meet california standards? do i have to change the exhaust system? help me please.

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05-14-2006, 05:01 PM

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i purchased my rx8 in virginia which is a non emission state. my vehicle is EPA approved by the FEDS but not from california. how do I make my vehicle meet california standards? do i have to change the exhaust system? help me please.

You may want to start a completely new thread for this. Otherwise it may not get noticed. I haven't seen this discussed before.

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