As it begins to plug up, you will smell the foul odor of sulpher (rotten eggs). The car will also loose power and the converter will glow red and be extremely hot when the car is driven for a long distance.
No car has a "cadillac" converter
This does not seem to be the cause of a bad catalytic converter. A converter is there to convert harmful toxins into harmful ones and you will know if it goes bad if your gas mileage suddenly worsens or your RPGs are going up but the car does not go any faster. If your car is sounding funny and has an odd smell, then it might be something to do with the heater core.
yes a bad converter will make car stall
Safe, yes, smart, no. Damage can occur to the Catalytic Converter.
It is important to know the signs of a bad car part. If an AC clutch bearing going bad, the biggest indication would be the trouble driving with the AC on in the car.
Yes it does.
No.
have the car checked out, it could be a bad o2 sensor or a plugged converter.
yes it can you can usually tell if your converter is bad by two ways if your car is running and the converter gets red hot or if the car is cool and you hit the converter and here stuff raddle inside
Yes, that could be one of the causes. With a bad or going bad Cataylic Converter the car will start to lose power and get hot. What happens is that the exhaust is starting to get blocked. Something like putting a partial potato up an exhaust.
Not likely but possible.
Not likley. You will normally see a loss of power and the converter will get red hot.