Glowing Catalytic
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Glowing Catalytic Well I just finished up my heads/cam swap after starting it 2 and half months ago. When I got her started, she was running great but notice my temp really wasnt moving. Looking around the car I saw my drivers side cat and piping glowing bright orange. I know this is not normal, any ideas?
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A little background. I tried to start it and the volts on my battery were low, so I kept on trying to start it just to see if it would catch and eventually fire, which it did not. I took it to Kragen and they tested it and put charged it up. I got back and put it back in the car and it took a few times of trying to start it before it eventually started. When it started it felt acting like it was going to die so I gave it some gas and I heard a loud backfire. Im thinking that might have casue damage to my cat? After it started getting fuel it was idling fine with no issues.
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I started it today and tried to drive it just around my apartment complex and I wasnt even two feet out of my parking spot before it stalled on me. I started it again, back it into my parking spot and turned it off, but the ignition wouldnt turn all the way off, the two lines were maybe an 1/8th in apart and I had to force turn it to get the key out and now when I put the key in it wont turn
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If your key won't turn in the ignition switch, the cylinder prolly needs replaced.
Not unless somehow your park/neutral cable got out of adjustment somehow,
If you r car is an Automatic ? If it is an auto, try pushing up the shifter handle a little, maybe the key will turn easier then.
Not unless somehow your park/neutral cable got out of adjustment somehow,
If you r car is an Automatic ? If it is an auto, try pushing up the shifter handle a little, maybe the key will turn easier then.
Iv only seen a cat glowing orange one time before. It was on an Audi, a4 I think. Anyway, turns out those cars have problems with coil packs and a bad coilpack was the cause. Could it be a coil pack on our cars? hmmmm
well, since you said you did a H/C swap and still have stock exhaust on the car, my first guess is that You are dumping way to much fuel and running too rich, that is usually the #1 cause of a cat getting that hot. Now like stated earlier, could be a clogged cat also. But since you said it was not doing that before the H/C swap most likely your fuel trims. Hook it up to a scan tool and read your data streams and see where your A/F ratios are at.
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I started it today and tried to drive it just around my apartment complex and I wasnt even two feet out of my parking spot before it stalled on me. I started it again, back it into my parking spot and turned it off, but the ignition wouldnt turn all the way off, the two lines were maybe an 1/8th in apart and I had to force turn it to get the key out and now when I put the key in it wont turn
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