Clogged cat-damage?
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Clogged cat-damage?
I,m wonderng if driving with clogged cat can result with some damage-mine is clogged for sure I can hear puff noise from it when I release the gas.
Is it ok to put universal cat instead OEM(very expensive) and what with the lambda sond
Could the clogged cat be the reason I have crappy idle?
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Is it ok to put universal cat instead OEM(very expensive) and what with the lambda sond
Could the clogged cat be the reason I have crappy idle?
Thanks
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I think it can cause a fire. It'll get red hot + unburned gas. As far as price, (it's an 8 year warranty) My first cat was like $1400 from the dealer, but it was replaced free. The second cat is probably the same price.
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Yeah it can cause alot of back pressure problems:
https://www.yotatech.com/search.php?searchid=655501
That's the main search and here are some aftermarkets you can buy:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...ytic+converter
The MangaFllows work great for alot of people.
https://www.yotatech.com/search.php?searchid=655501
That's the main search and here are some aftermarkets you can buy:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...ytic+converter
The MangaFllows work great for alot of people.
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what kind of puff noise do you hear from the cat and when? do you just hear it from the tailpipe of the muffler or does the cat itself make the noise? Just curious as mine is about 12yrs old and have wondered if it is done. thanks
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Geez,I bought a high flow cat for my DSM and it came in at only about $100 and I don't see why you should have to spend much more than that for a 4Runner cat.
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Originally Posted by Godzilla
what kind of puff noise do you hear from the cat and when? do you just hear it from the tailpipe of the muffler or does the cat itself make the noise? Just curious as mine is about 12yrs old and have wondered if it is done. thanks
And yes, previous owner warned me that it's worn out.
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Originally Posted by 4-RUNNIN' FREAK
They have Palladium and Platinum inside? Palladium is like one of the most expensive metals. I guess you pay for content.
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Originally Posted by X-AWDriver
I guess you got ripped off.
Plus those metals help clean the exhaust with chemical reactions, no?
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Whatever, It was a catco cat, thats also a free flo muffler, 2.25 pipe custom bent to stay high and out of the way. all the connections were welded all the way around. Now as I couldn't have done this myself, I found the price well worth it. The free flo stuff is much better than stock IMHO.
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Originally Posted by runner89
Whatever, It was a catco cat, thats also a free flo muffler, 2.25 pipe custom bent to stay high and out of the way. all the connections were welded all the way around. Now as I couldn't have done this myself, I found the price well worth it. The free flo stuff is much better than stock IMHO.
The first cat is $1,400 dealer so the second cat can't be too much less although it may not fail as often. That first cat takes the brunt.
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So I was kind of right?
back to the reaction: reading between the lines shows that the catylists are degraded for the duration of the reaction, and their electrons are "put back" when it's done. the common elements used for automobile cats are palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt) and rhodium (Rh). a couple of articles suggest that the choice of catylist is less important than the structure that allows the metals to contact the exhaust. another article i read showed results from a controlled study of a dual-cat system with some backpressure; it actually *raised* horsepower by a small percentage, rather than lowering it, counter to the popular belief that a straight-tube system yields the highest HP.
yeah, colorado's inspections seem to include just using a mirror to make sure the cat is present. whether it works or not is borne out by the readings of exhaust, but there's no rigorous physical inspection.
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