I agree.. I've seen running hot cats through water kill them before..
sawzall the pipe a few inches behind the cat.. move the exhaust system to
the side.. and get the rest of the pieces out of it.. a stout hammer and
large screwdriver or prybar should do the trick.. once it's empty.. a
pipe connector from the zone and a pair of clamps.. and you're all fixed.
Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle Vanditmars" <kylevan@telus.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Hello Again!
>
> On Sat, 29 May 2004 14:05:41 -0400, Peter Grace wrote:
>
> >
> > One thing that I've noticed since I've gotten the new exhaust is that I
> > cannot ford our oft-flooded parking lot at work anymore. It's very odd.
> > Before, the Dak would eat the 1.5' standing water just fine and
> > laugh it off. Now, when I emerge from the water, the engine sounds like
> > it's from a 70 year old diesel. I crawled under the Dak to see if I
> > could figure out why the truck sounded so loud... The catalytic
> > converter was glowing orange! Is that even normal? I had absolutely no
> > horsepower (took me about 15 seconds to get the truck up to 35mph).
> > Both times I tried doing this (I thought the first time was a loose
> > distributor which I remedied) the engine was cold (just started.)
> >
> > Anyone have any idea what might cause this?
>
> I'm going to guess that fording the standing water caused the cat element
> to possibly crack and plug the cat. That would explain the glowing cat,
> because the exhaust gas wouldn't be passing through properly. It would
> also create the symptoms you describe (namely no power at all, it should
> also be difficult to rev in neutral).
>
> Anyway, that's my guess. If anything, your exhaust system should create
> more positive pressure out the tailpipe.
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