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93 geo starts fine when going down road if you push throutle down there's no power and uses a lot of gas any ideals Thanks?
Maybe a bad O2 sensor or clogged catalytic converter.
What would make a 1996 dodge neon lose power and use a lot of gas?
check compression in cyclinders or catalytic converter may be stopped up.
How can you tell if the catalytic converter is bad on a 2002 Ford F-350 5.4 engine the truck is bucking?
Normally when a catalytic converter goes bad, it fills up with junk. It simply slows down the vehicle. You have the gas pedal to the floor and you are going a lot slower than you should be going. It does not make the vehicle buck. How long has it been since you cleaned out the fuel system? How is your electrical system? How are your plugs? Have they been checked in 8 years?
How often to change catalytic converter?
On modern vehicles the catalytic converter is made to last the life of the vehicle. It would need to be replaced if the car is burning a lot of oil or if it has been damaged.
What if you drive without a catalytic converter?
If you drive your car without a catalytic converter, you can be pulled over and given a ticket. You cannot drive your car with a lot of noise, it's considered a violation of the noise ordinance.
Your car when driven has not got a lot of power?
Plugged fuel or air filter? Plugged catalytic converter?
What can make a 2003 Oldsmobile Alero use a lot of gas?
Bad plugs and wires, Partially clogged catalytic converter, Bent tail pipe, Clogged air filter, Incorrect weight oil, low tire pressure, driving technique, brakes dragging, just to name a few causes.
What causes a 1974 nova to slow down in speed after reaching 55 and wont pick back up then it dies It does this off and on but lately a lot?
Lack of fuel? Does your car have a catalytic converter? A lot of times an older catalytic converter will become clogged and as it heats up it will restrict the exhaust. As it cools back down it will open back up until it heats back up. If you have a catalytic converter on your exhaust, I would definitely look there first.
Will a bad catalytic converter couse a 5.7 Chevy motor to run hot but not over heat produces a lot of heat around the motor and has a little skip in motor is this a bad converter?
Rough idle... Higher then normal tempatures under operation. Bucking or loss of RPM pulling a hill, Loss of MPG .. Smell of Rotten eggs all signs of bad Cat.
What do catalytic converter's do?
Combustion engines produce, in their exhaust, a number of nasty chemicals. The purpose of a catalytic converter fitted to the engine's exhaust system is to convert these nasty chemicals into harmless ones to provent environmental pollution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reduces the toxicity of internal combustion engine exhaust. It uses a catalyst and a chemical reaction to convert toxic combustion by products into a less toxic substance. A catalytic converter takes the exhaust gas stream from the engine and breaks the noxious components of the exhaust down to less noxious or harmless components. To reduce auto emissions. The catalyst in a catalytic converter causes unburned hydrocarbons to oxidize. To do so, oxygen must be present in the exhaust mixture. If an engine is running well, there isn't really much for the catalytic converter to do. If the engine is in need of a tune-up, the catalytic converter may get quite a workout and in the process it can get very hot. Also, deposits can build up on a catalytic converter, making it useless. If the engine is running poorly, and a lot of unburned fuel is going out the exhaust, deposits from the fuel can build up on the catalyst. If the engine is burning oil, oil deposits can also build up. It converts carbon monoxide, which is very deadly to all animals into carbon dioxide, which is not near as bad for the environment and it also helps prevent greenhouse gases because of this.
What does a catalytic converter do?
Combustion engines produce, in their exhaust, a number of nasty chemicals. The purpose of a catalytic converter fitted to the engine's exhaust system is to convert these nasty chemicals into harmless ones to provent environmental pollution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reduces the toxicity of internal combustion engine exhaust. It uses a catalyst and a chemical reaction to convert toxic combustion by products into a less toxic substance. A catalytic converter takes the exhaust gas stream from the engine and breaks the noxious components of the exhaust down to less noxious or harmless components. To reduce auto emissions. The catalyst in a catalytic converter causes unburned hydrocarbons to oxidize. To do so, oxygen must be present in the exhaust mixture. If an engine is running well, there isn't really much for the catalytic converter to do. If the engine is in need of a tune-up, the catalytic converter may get quite a workout and in the process it can get very hot. Also, deposits can build up on a catalytic converter, making it useless. If the engine is running poorly, and a lot of unburned fuel is going out the exhaust, deposits from the fuel can build up on the catalyst. If the engine is burning oil, oil deposits can also build up. It converts carbon monoxide, which is very deadly to all animals into carbon dioxide, which is not near as bad for the environment and it also helps prevent greenhouse gases because of this.
Can a new catalytic converter cause poor gas mileage?
No, there are many other parts on the engine that can affect mileage but the catalytic converter is a passive device and, if new and clean, cannot affect the way the engine runs or the mileage it gets. Think of it as a filter, althought it's actually a lot more complex than that, if it lets the exhaust gases flow throught without any major obstruction then it can have no effect on the car's performance.
