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Old 01-12-09, 09:13 PM
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my car keeps sayin that my exh is over heating when i just turn on my car how can that be. every since this has been happen it feels like my car has lost power.
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ummm... maby you have something stuck in there... or your sensor might be effed.


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might be the cats are clogged. would explain the loss of power
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Originally Posted by Mr.FC3s
might be the cats are clogged. would explain the loss of power
would also explain the overheating of the exhaust
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when the main converter breaks down internally it will plug the y-pipe and cause the exhaust to "overheat". check to make sure your converter is not clogged. have a look at the exhaust at night after a drive. if its glowing red, you are either running WAY too rich or your main converter is bad. as a side note, do not park over anything flamable. i.e. dry leaves or grass, paper products etc..you may catch the ar on fire...
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clogged cats more than likely. Mine did the same thing and then the cat turned red one night so i gutted it.
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The sensor that detects the heat of the exhaust is under the passanger seat.

Its a small temperature sensor, and it could have been damamged by any interior work you have done.

I saw this light come on when i first got my FC, even upon a cold start. I drove it for a while to no avail. Ended up going to a junk yard, pulling one out of a front-ended FC.

Replaced the sensor and the light stopped erratically coming on.
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when i go to school in the moring i will see if my cat is red.
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