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how do you know if your cat is going bad. I think that mine is, my truck makes a ratteling noise and you can feel a vibration when a accelerate from a dead stop. could this be caused from the cat? thanks
With the truck running, get underneath and see if you can hear where the rattling is coming from. If its the cat, then either the heat shield has come lose or, more likely, the cat is bad.
A Magnaflow High Flow catalytic converter is the preferred replacement choice.
Mine rattled for a while befor it finally got to where you noticed performance loss it was due to the waffle cone inside had broke in halve and would only restrice flow under acceleration. I had absolutly no sulfer smell. I gutted mine and made a O2 extention to the rear O2 and the problum was fixed. Even after gutting it i have never noticed any sulfer smell and the truck runs 310% better.
Mine rattled for a while befor it finally got to where you noticed performance loss it was due to the waffle cone inside had broke in halve and would only restrice flow under acceleration. I had absolutly no sulfer smell. I gutted mine and made a O2 extention to the rear O2 and the problum was fixed. Even after gutting it i have never noticed any sulfer smell and the truck runs 310% better.
haha well, i've heard you would have that smell.
my cat went bad when my dad was driving it, had no power at all essentially. that was a few years ago.
Mine rattled for a while befor it finally got to where you noticed performance loss it was due to the waffle cone inside had broke in halve and would only restrice flow under acceleration. I had absolutly no sulfer smell. I gutted mine and made a O2 extention to the rear O2 and the problum was fixed. Even after gutting it i have never noticed any sulfer smell and the truck runs 310% better.