Re: Cat Converters (again)

From: Jon Smith (fast4x4@bellsouth.net)
Date: Tue Nov 02 1999 - 00:37:36 EST


I must report mine died this week or so. starting to rattle pretty bad, and
WOT is really affected now.. she's comin off this weekend (80Kmi)
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Jon Smith-Raleigh,NC-http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jdsmith4
'95 318 auto CC 4x4: Accel Supercoil, JBA headers,
dual glasspack, 14x3 FABM, F&B Stage I TB, !EGR,
MSD 8.5's, self-moded intake, 180 degree thermo,
ASP crank pulley, 16" Hayden elec. fan, MP SBEC,
BEST: 0-60 in 6.3 & 1/4mi 15.4@88.95
207.2 RWHP, 276.2 RW ft/lbs
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Neff <jndneff@texas.net>
To: Dakota Mailing List <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 12:31 AM
Subject: DML: Cat Converters (again)

> I know this is a little late in regaurds to a reply, but someone recently
> said they doubt the cat converter had failed on someones truck just
because
> it was a poor coverter. They said that they thought something else had to
> have failed to cause the engine to run rich and fail the cat. Well, I have
> to disagree. I had the cat in my truck crumble and clog at 21K miles. This
> is one of the most commonly reported failures on the Ram list and several
> people here have reported them failing as well. And this is on a mix of
> modded and stock trucks. I think DC went to a junk converter for 97+ model
> trucks. There have been too many of them failing in all parts of the
country
> and no one has said that the O2 sensor or anything else had failed too.
>
> Just my .02
>
> John
> 98 Dak 4X4 CC Sport, 5.2L, Auto, Mopar headers, F&B TB, DDBC, DML sticker
>
>



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