Catalytic Converter has gone bad
Has anyone had their Catalytic Converter go out as a result of adding a greddy turbo?
I have a 1990 Miata with 44,000 miles on it. The base greddy kit has been on my car for about 4000 miles and all of a sudden it seems the Catalytic converter is bad (when you shake the converter it sounds like sand, when I rev the engine it rattles) I thought it was a heat shield on the exhaust at first but it appears to be the converter. |
too rich..... :dunno:
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Your car is almost 20 years old dude. Stuff breaks.
You didn't want a cat on there anyway, did you? :cool: |
Originally Posted by Ben
(Post 125229)
Your car is almost 20 years old dude. Stuff breaks.
You didn't want a cat on there anyway, did you? :cool: Exactly they do seem to wear out over time. If it really gets bad it will sound like a vtec crossover at around 4k and bark backfire out of the intake. Either replace it or break all the honeycomb out with a pickaxe or awl. Wear a respirator mask when you do because there are some nasty metals in a cat. |
I am not complaining, I just wanted to know if the converter going bad was related to the turbo? The car is in otherwise like new condition.
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Overly rich condition + more flow could = bad cat
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Pretty much what the others said. Get an air fuel meter and see if you are running rich or alternatively take it to a shop with a dyno and get a reading off their wideband. Running rich for a while could cause the cat to go bad.
I'm at 192k on my 90 on the stock cat non boosted (haven't hooked up the kit yet). Just passed emissions a few days ago. |
Originally Posted by Harv
(Post 125285)
Pretty much what the others said. Get an air fuel meter and see if you are running rich or alternatively take it to a shop with a dyno and get a reading off their wideband. Running rich for a while could cause the cat to go bad.
I'm at 192k on my 90 on the stock cat non boosted (haven't hooked up the kit yet). Just passed emissions a few days ago. |
Or cut it off and bolt up a replacement from ebay for less than $50 including clamps. Phillip did that for a big truck, i'm sure you could get away with a cheap solution like that for awhile.
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BEGi had a small score of $50 high flow cats on their website earlier this week.
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Don't even bother with it if your area doesn't have emissions.
Besides the obvious, another plus to getting rid of it is the pop-pop-pop sound on deceleration like rally cars make :bigtu: |
gotta love that fuel brunign in the exhaust, +1 it will make flame throwers easier :D
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Had to replace my cat a couple of weeks ago. I was going to hollow it out but it had already been replaced once and was welded from the down pipe to the tip. I don't know how long the turbo has been on, I bought the car with it already installed.
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Thanks for the info
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Originally Posted by Slidin'Miata916
(Post 125383)
Does the car feel sluggish or anything? you might want to get that looked at/changed/or hollowed.
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Originally Posted by Harv
(Post 126271)
Are you talking to me? My car runs fine. Where did I indicate otherwise?
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Originally Posted by Slidin'Miata916
(Post 126283)
Would be a symptom of a bad cat?
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lol
making a statement. |
Originally Posted by Harv
(Post 126271)
Are you talking to me?
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Originally Posted by Slidin'Miata916
(Post 126283)
Would be a symptom of a bad cat?
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