loosing power, exhaust glowing + using loads of fuel.

1. Dury Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2011 Gloucester Posts: 336 Clio 1.6 Saxo Vts

   #1 24th April 2012, 17:37

   Basically i drove 9 miles into town parked up and went to tesco came back out and started my car up and it was really juddery on idle. I couldnt get hardly any power out of the car at all. Said i used 40 miles worth of fuel and i only went 3 miles down the road. Parked up + i could smell like petrol burning so i looked under the car and my cat on the exhausst was literally glowing cherry red. Taken it into the garage and the bloke said the cat is falling apart causing air to get in and cause backpressure. But surely my cat isnt just going to suddenly fall apart? So im just asking your opinion as it doesnt really sound right to me.
   
   Btw its a 1.6 clio (clio forums are dead + i always get better responses on saxp)
2. Pricklep Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 31279 Citroen Saxo VTS, S60 D5

   #2 24th April 2012, 17:40

   Well it will be blocked/knackered. Take it off and have a gander at it.

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3. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #3 24th April 2012, 18:48

   Sounds like a faulty CAT.

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4. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

   #4 24th April 2012, 20:06

   duff cat 100%, yes they do just fall apart.

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5. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #5 24th April 2012, 20:28

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by mandyslover70 duff cat 100%, yes they do just fall apart.

   Yeah mine did on the saxo gave a few pops/bangs then rattled & duly died lol.
6. Xplodee Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2011 Rochester, Kent Posts: 493 Saxo VTR

   #6 24th April 2012, 20:30

   I would replace the cat as it sounds like its past it.
7. f13sta Established Member Joined: Sep 2010 loughborough Posts: 2229 1988 ford fiesta mk2 1.4- 2001 black saxo furio (d

   #7 24th April 2012, 20:39

   yeh cats can just colapse without warning.
   
   undo the lambda sensor slightly so it blows through there you'll probs find it would be slightly better.
8. Dury Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2011 Gloucester Posts: 336 Clio 1.6 Saxo Vts

   #8 24th April 2012, 23:34

   Okay and just tried driving home and everytime i had to stop it cut out. Would the cat cause it to do that aswell? Cheers so far
9. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

   #9 24th April 2012, 23:47

   Id just bash the guts of the cat out to keep you going until a new one shows up

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10. user_56440 Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2011 Bingley, West Yorkshire Posts: 190 GTI-6, Icelandic VTS

    #10 25th April 2012, 06:30

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Gandi699 Id just bash the guts of the cat out to keep you going until a new one shows up

    I second that