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Old 03-24-2010, 08:25 AM
400Eric 400Eric is offline
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Originally Posted by S-Class Guru View Post
Hitman may have "hit" it; all your symptoms are consistent with a clogged cat. I had one on an old Caddy, and it did just that - ran fine at low speed and idle, but just wouldn't go under power. If the hiss is coming from the exhaust ahead of the cat, then there's another strong indicator.

DG
Yes, I was thinking that too, that's one of the reasons why I wanted to know the results of the latest smog test. I didn't want to say "Cats" until we had more info cause O.P. has three of them to contend with.

And while I agree the cat(s) are the front runner on the suspects list, high oil consumption doesn't guarantee bad cats. The 89 in my sig really swigs the stuff but the cats haven't given up yet!

And no, I'm not gonna bother with the valve seals on a car that has over 232,000 miles on it and isn't worth more than a 1,000 dollars! I love Benzer 1 dearly but that just ain't gonna happen! Too much else to do!
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