if you bang on your cat and it is raterly then that means it has colapesed inside and you need a new one or if you can smell egg
The check engine light would come on and the code stored would refer to a bad cat.
Yes, a bad cat can cause issues.
It is flatly illegal to remove the cat converter in every state in the union. If you get caught, you get burned - bad.
we had a 2004 ford an the torque converter was bad and what it did was not shift down in geers it would go strait from drive down to first so we repleace the converter and now it works find.4.24.11For further explanation and more symptoms of how to tell if a torque converter is bad follow this link on Ehow.com: http://www.ehow.com/how_5197449_tell-torque-converter-bad.html
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
The o2 sensor behind the cat helps tell the computer if the cat is doing its job or not
Often times your cat will know if you are feeling bad.
Yes, if a cat is too close to the O2 sensor, it can potentially set off a bad catalyst (cat) code. The proximity of the cat to the O2 sensor can interfere with proper oxygen readings, which the vehicle’s computer uses to determine if the catalytic converter is functioning correctly.
Could be: clogged cat converter bad ignition module bad coil I'd check to make sure cat converter isn't getting red hot when running for a few minutes, if so then clogged. Then I'd replace the ignition module, check, then coil.
How can I tell if a 1995 torque converter is going bad the tranny slips and stops when it warms up.
Hard to start, no power, poor fuel mileage.
Actually there are many ways to tell if you have a bad cat. .A rotten egg smell coming out of the exaust .Hesitation and/or bucketing when acceleration takes places .Increase in engine running temp .A ratteling in the muffler as car idles .Car dying sparatically due to engine backpressure .Difference in temperature from the back of the converter to the front due to clogging