shifty2006
Proven Member
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- Oct 15, 2012
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lake isabella,
California
So on my way to work today it was a cold early morning the car was doing just fine for the first 20 something miles then out of no where it dies and wont run. while i tried to find a turn out i was able to keep it moving in second gear but then a loud pop and red hot embers shot out of my exhaust followed by a ton of smoke. right now i have a 2.5" exhaust with a cat on it so i didn't think any embers of a sort would make it out.. But what would be the cause? i made it to my station and the car seemed to run fine after i pulled over and let it sit for a few minutes, it drove fine the next 8 or so miles. I'm just worried about making it back home tonight any help would be great. i don't notice anything out of the ordinary timing belt is intact and is tight nothing looks wrong. thank you.
. Went out and fiberglass was streached out 3 foot in the driveway. Cats run around hot to begin with. Add boost and lean fuel trims they will melt down I would pull the exhaust down and check for busted honeycomb and restrictions too much back pressure with kill a motor[DOUBLEPOST=1414094815][/DOUBLEPOST]Also check for underlying causes if confirmed if u r running to rich afr u might be dumping raw fuel in to the cat. Get it hot enuff and u have a bomb waiting to go boom great mitsubishi tech once told me cats don't die. They are murdered and this is true cats have no moving parts to break. It is a chemical reaction between the platinum and exhaust gasses to take harmful fumes and convert them to nitrogen carbon dioxide and h2o. if the engine management or a part like a leaking or stuck open injector or a misfire is up stream from the cat. It will kill the cat hope this help diagnose the issue
