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08-17-2006, 10:03 AM
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Re: Won't go above 45 MPH
I gotta chime in on the plugged CAT. My sisters '87 Buick had the same symptoms. The CAT was choking the life out of it. It was like a new car when it got replaced. And it was a lot cheaper than rebuilding the engine.
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08-17-2006, 05:39 PM
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Re: Won't go above 45 MPH
-------I knew you had to be from California when I saw the words "had it replaced" in your post. LOLOLOLOL!!!.......Bill S
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08-17-2006, 11:43 PM
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Re: Won't go above 45 MPH
If you want to do a quick check without pulling a pipe, just start the car and let it idle. Put your hand behind the tail pipe and feel the exhaust. If it is NOT plugged, you will feel the pulsing of the exhaust. If you have an exhaust restriction, there will be no pulse, just smooth hot air as if escaping from a balloon.
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08-18-2006, 01:38 AM
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Re: Won't go above 45 MPH
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-------I knew you had to be from California when I saw the words "had it replaced" in your post. LOLOLOLOL!!!.......Bill S [/ QUOTE ] LOL Bill ..We used to gut the converter in the shop and put the shell back on the car to "look" the part....Hey it's still on there..  Steve
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08-19-2006, 11:21 AM
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Re: Won't go above 45 MPH
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-------I knew you had to be from California when I saw the words "had it replaced" in your post. LOLOLOLOL!!!.......Bill S [/ QUOTE ] Well hey, it was a '87 4 door car. I'll be the one laughing in January when you're shoveling snow and I'm crusing down PCH along the Pacific. 
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