 Bad Catalytic Converter, Driving - Good or Bad Idea? |
 May 20, 2007 - 12:14 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Apr 25, '03 From Miami, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%)  |
So I'm throwing a CEL which, according to the dealer, is "catalyst efficiency below threshold". The mechanic told me the catalytic converter is bad and they're getting me a new one under warranty. Great. They told me I can drive the car around normally without a problem for the next week or two while I the part comes in... How safe am I really? I was racing a Civic Si turbo at the track the other day and after I beat him, he goes to me - "hey, you should tune your car, it's running very rich". My car is tuned, though. And I'm sure the reason he said that was because I was blowing out what looked like white smoke through my rear view mirror from my exhaust. And I've noticed I've been getting crappy gas mileage since I got the CEL.
Is it bad to drive around with a bad cat? if so, why? Thanks guys. --------------------  |
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May 21, 2007 - 6:15 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 18, '04 From Silverdale, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
What exactly is the code? If your front O2 sensor is out of spec the ecm won't pick it up and will use the bad signal and may run your engine rich. Deffinately find out the code. Your car is OBD1 so you can get it yourself.
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JoKeRkId613 Bad Catalytic Converter May 20, 2007 - 12:14 AM
tomazws I thought the cat is a matter of pollution and has... May 20, 2007 - 12:34 AM JoKeRkId613 That's what I thought. I'm harming the env... May 20, 2007 - 12:36 AM Vissi I dont see how it could hurt it, but i know that r... May 20, 2007 - 10:47 AM
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