siguysdad

I JUST got done doing a rebuild and got everything going. When i did get it started it would not hold its own ldle and we had to keep it at about 2200-2500 it keep it runing DUreing this time it sound fine to me all tho its been years from the last time i have had a RX running next to me. We ended up haveing to shut it down due to a over heat in the Y pipe yes i said the Y pipe was glowing red and we cut it off asap. Now i have worked on alot of cars in my life and seen a ton of Cat's glowing in my life but fo rthe mid pip cat's to be all gtg and the Y pipe glowing its a 1st. If anyone has any ideas on this plz let me know with a PM and or here thanks a ton guys and like i said i hope to see you all in the 16th with my RX running!.

Rob

Sorry guyus i forgot to tell ya what i am running lol i got a 89 Non Turbo

Aaron Cake

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It's running too rich. Or your timing is way retarded.

deagle50ae

yea. running super lean = very hot gasses. running really rich = gas burning in the exhaust
either one will give you idle problems and possibly glowing pipes.

RotaryEvolution

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it could also be the main cat failed and all the catalyst material has blocked up in the mufflers.

deagle50ae

I say go jack it up, cut the exhaust off and see how she runs. then find a used aftermarket exhaust for cheap on the boards.

RotaryEvolution

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i would start with the timing like aaron mentioned first before hacking anything up, it could just be afterburn.

tandolla

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i would think stuff clocging up in the Mufflers. ?

Aaron Cake

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It's really common to stab the CAS incorrectly. That's the first thing to check.