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Galant Cat. Converter?
I have a 2000 Mitsubishi Galant ES with about 106k miles on it. Recently have had the service engine light on and it seems to run fine with the A/C off..As soon as I turn the AC on and press on the gas it seems like there is no power. I recently changed the upstream and downstream o2 sensors and cleaned my IAC (thought that was the problem because my idle was dropping and sometimes not coming back up to above 500 with the ac on)...I had my codes read a few weeks ago when the light came on and it was my o2 sensor and cat. converter..What do you think? And if it is clogged, do I have to replace the whole expensive thing?!?!
No-I don't smell anything
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
First question- do you ever smell rotten eggs when the engine is warm? If so you definately have a bad cat, and yes the whole thing just needs to be replaced. They are expensive, but they beat blowing the muffler up every thousand miles with unburned gasoline that pools in the exhaust. If there is no sulphur smell, there may be a problem with the cat, but there may also be a problem with the fuel injectors that are causing the O2 and cat codes to show while not setting an EFI code.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
Well it might rely at the code you've got for the determine engine mild...however that vehicle must have two converters on it and $350.00 would now not be a nasty fee...the $50.00 Internet cat I'm definite isn't correct...I'm definite it is not OBD II and relying on how clogged up it's would motive large issues if you happen to force it's going to be pleased to reply any further questions, simply ask
- 1 decade ago
put a vacume gauge on it open the throttle and then close it if the gauge hangs up slow to return to normal could be a pluged cat
Source(s): 45 years doing repairs