cleaning a clogged cat.

[psychotic]

is there a way to check if your cat. converter is clogged? or an easy way to clean it???

 

[DocVijay]

If it's clogged you'll loose power. Also your car won't pass emissions. The easiest way to clean a clogged cat is to go to an auto parts store and buy a new one. Once it's used it's used. Get some high flow cats.

 

[Alec]

Yup, you get a new one. I think to see if it's clogged you have to take it off and look in it. I've never really looked inside there, so I don't know what to expect.

 

[mrboyle]

Originally posted by Alec
Yup, you get a new one. I think to see if it's clogged you have to take it off and look in it. I've never really looked inside there, so I don't know what to expect.

Looking at the inside of a cat (converter not feline ) is like trying to look through a bunch of window screens piled on top of one another. You can see light through it, but nothing else. If is is plugged you will either see no light or slight pin holes of light passing through it. Either way its history. There is no fixing a bad cat.

 

[Robb]

But, do cats get "clogged"? I thought cats (somehow) chemically treated the exhaust to make it cleaner. The only times I have heard of changing cats is flow improvement, rust hole, or internal rattle.

So, do they get clogged?

TIA,

Robb

 

[psychotic]

i think they take another chemical out of the exhaust... that over time builds up( at least i think)...... plus i think the way it is made, natural oil deposits or whatever can build up in it.