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Old Jun 12, 2004 | 01:15 PM
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Talking clogged c. convertor

If the cataytic convertor...(however it is spelled) is clogged, and needs to be replaced...how will it make an engine react....? Thanks ..Nomadic
 
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Old Jun 12, 2004 | 03:37 PM
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It will make your engine feel really powerless!! It will rev slow, gas mileage will be bad..seems to me there was a test you can do with a vacuum gauge to determine if you have an exhaust restriction...maybe someone else will know, otherwise I'll dig out my vacuum gauge and look.
 
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Old Jun 12, 2004 | 08:32 PM
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You have a cat on your Ford? What year and state?
 
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Old Jun 13, 2004 | 08:32 AM
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you can have some one rev it up and feel the flow out of the pipes....and if is bad you will blow a motor...i work on custom exhaust and if if is bad you need a hight flow one....and by the way where do you live that you have to run one on old truck like that ..(clai) is the only place i know where you would have to run one on an pre 74 truck.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2004 | 04:47 PM
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besides what everyone else posted, many times a bad cat will actually turn a dull red and the floor of the cab will get very hot.
 
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