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post Apr 27, 2009 - 10:47 PM
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okay...i dont know what it is...i initially thought catalytic converter or exhaust. But here's my symptoms, just throw me some ideas

- Car smells like exhaust fumes
- Bad gas mileage
- Loud hissing sound when throttling
- Between 3k-4k RPM's the car shudders and lurches a lot and I either have to keep the RPM's a little higher or a little lower.
- Loss of power/torque

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post May 14, 2009 - 11:36 AM
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did you ever find a fix?


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post May 14, 2009 - 5:12 PM
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QUOTE (Akimbo @ May 14, 2009 - 11:36 AM) *
did you ever find a fix?


The week after next I'll be doing the timing belt and header to delete the cat.

Hopefully that will take care of it.

It seems to be consistently worse with the car warmed up - especially on hotter days... and that cat is getting really hot really fast - while leaving the rest of the exhaust relatively cool.

I'm running now just a resonator (no muffler) with 2.25" piping and its just slightly louder than stock. It doesn't "feel" very free flowing at all...

If the manifold/cat wasn't such a rusty nightmare I'd gut it out - but IMO its worth swapping for the ebay header since its not very expensive anyway.

Posts in this topic
- Akimbo   need help please   Apr 27, 2009 - 10:47 PM
- - Ryouxrs   wanna give us a video??? but anyways, sounds like ...   Apr 27, 2009 - 10:54 PM
- - trdproven   do you have a bad exhaust leak or a bad cat?   Apr 28, 2009 - 6:34 AM
- - azian_advanced   could be an ignition problem.. giving you that ric...   Apr 28, 2009 - 8:59 AM
|- - Ryouxrs   QUOTE (azian_advanced @ Apr 28, 2009 - 7...   Apr 28, 2009 - 11:45 AM
- - Akimbo   could this be related to the header?   May 2, 2009 - 4:19 PM
|- - Mstoochn   QUOTE (Akimbo @ May 2, 2009 - 5:19 P...   May 2, 2009 - 4:35 PM
- - crankyelbow   QUOTE (Akimbo @ Apr 27, 2009 - 10:47...   May 4, 2009 - 4:10 PM
- - Akimbo   did you ever find a fix?   May 14, 2009 - 11:36 AM
|- - crankyelbow   QUOTE (Akimbo @ May 14, 2009 - 11:36...   May 14, 2009 - 5:12 PM
- - nik   plugged up cat   May 14, 2009 - 5:44 PM
- - Akimbo   its gotten worse for me, can't go over 50mph w...   May 14, 2009 - 10:11 PM
- - crankyelbow   Pulled off the hood insulation and I can definitel...   May 14, 2009 - 10:40 PM
- - Galcobar   Use carb or intake cleaner -- spray it on the vacu...   May 15, 2009 - 6:38 PM
- - kagemidnight   I'm having this problem with my celica now too...   Oct 13, 2009 - 1:43 PM
- - SpadeBF   wow i have the same problem, except i feel like th...   Oct 13, 2009 - 5:09 PM
- - kagemidnight   installing a header gets rid of the cat correct? W...   Oct 13, 2009 - 5:20 PM
- - GriffGirl   Did you replace your spark plug wires and your dis...   Oct 13, 2009 - 6:25 PM
- - kagemidnight   I should replace the distributor cap as well? I ca...   Oct 13, 2009 - 8:09 PM


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