RE: Re: RE: Cat/o2 question

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@texas.net)
Date: Sat Jan 12 2002 - 22:06:42 EST


The Dodge cat is actually a rather cheap design. I had a local muffler
shop show me the innards of the Dodge catalytic converter. (It's really
not that well built.)

- Bernd

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET] On Behalf Of Ryan G.
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 8:46 PM
To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
Subject: DML: Re: RE: Cat/o2 question

Ive been considering buying it from you however dodge will replace it
for free until 80k correct? Ultimately I plan on getting one from you
however Ive gone through 4 cats already in 40k miles so i need to figure
out what is causing this otherwise ill be coming back to you for another
one. Good for you/bad for me.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@texas.net>
To: <dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 8:05 PM
Subject: DML: RE: Cat/o2 question

It's a common problem and the performance really goes down when it
happens.

If you want, I carry the CarSound High-Flow cats (in stock) for the
Dodge's.

- Bernd

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET] On Behalf Of Ryan G.
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 7:56 PM
To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
Subject: DML: Cat/o2 question

My catalytic converter is absolutely shot. It sounds like a millions
marbles rolling around my exhaust. It has been getting worse and worse
but all the dodge dealers around here cant get a cat in for a couple
more weeks. So the more i drive it the worse the truck runs. I know the
oxygen sensor after the cat compensates for the performance of the cat
but now i cant get the truck to stay running. It stumbles and chugs and
is all over the rpm range....when i let off the gas the rpms drop below
500 and it dies. Is this common when cats are as bad as can be?



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