[Hal]

What are the symptoms of a clogged catalytic converter. My car loses power over 4000 RPM and is running extremely rich from 3500 up. I also have a "rotten egg" smell when I push it very hard. Does this sound like a clogged cat?

 

[MichaelXi]

It sure does.

It's probably covered under Warranty as an "Emissions Item", even if the car is out of Warranty otherwise.

 

[BUR_ZX3]

Hal I don't remember all that you've got on the car? Shorty header???

I'd be sure to put much back to stock.. cuz Ford is stingy on this one I hear.

 

[UltegraSTI]

thought he had a random?

-Ult

 

[zx3 focus racer]

if i remember correct emisions componetes are 10year 100,000 miles warenty. i may be wrong. not sure

 

[ax0n]

I thought it was 80,000, 7 years or something like that.

 

[99 ZX2 Sport]

8 years/80,000 miles

 

[ax0n]

good cuz mine's all clogged up too

A little off topic but how extensive is ExtraCare coverage? I have the 100K plan.

 

[Hal]

Ult gets the points, it is a Random Tech Cat. That's why I posted the question, to see if anyone had another cause of the power loss, etc.

Todd, there is no way I could swap out the header and not have it noticed. Similar to Mike, my service director is a former student of mine and I taught with his parents. Also, the mechanic who usually works on my car at the dealership used to tune my MGA when I was autocrossing back in the late 60's. The last time I had it in he even noticed that I had changed cam gears! I don't have any problems with the dealership, they replaced the ECU under warranty about a month ago when it got messed up because of an electrical problem.