Wow, 80,000 on one cat. I can never get more than about 30,000 out of one.
I'll bet the cat is your problem.
Marty
"Don Bjortomt" <bjortomtSpamStopper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> First let me say I am not good at car repair. If I try to fix
something,
> I usually end of causing more damage. I took an aptitude test when I was
> 20, and looking for a job and the results stated that I should not take
> any job that required a mechanical apptitude. Knowing that, I normally
> take my car to the local Pontiac Dealer to get work done.
>
> I have an 88 GT that I bought new. I had it repainted two years ago.
In
> December, the "service needed soon" red light came on. I took it to the
> dealer and they hooked the computer upand got an intermitent low fuel
> signal. They wern't sure what was causing the problem. I did notice
that
> the exaust noise no longer had the low rumbling sound. It was higher
> pitched. A month later I experienced a loss of power going up a long
> medium incline hill. The car started to buck and I ended up putting it
in
> low gear and flooring the gas pedel until I got up to the top of the
hill.
> I let off the gas and waited at a stop light. When the signal changed I
> started up again and everything was okay. It was below zero that day,
so
> I bought some Heet to thow in the gas tank, thinking I might have some
> water in the gas.
>
> Yesterday I drove about twenty-five miles to watch a grand daughter play
> indoor softball. I noticed an intermitent loss of power again, but this
> time it was on a flat road. If I quit giving it gas and coast for a
ways
> it would get better. I mentioned the problem to my son, who is the head
> mechanic at Crooked Stick Golf Golf Course near Indianapolis (Where John
> Daley won his first PGA tournement). We tossed around some of the usual
> things, gas filter and fuel pump
>
> Later we went for Pizza and they followed me. We ate and went our
> separate ways. Shortly after I got home, he called and mentioned that
when
> they were following me they noticed a foul order. It got him to
thinking
> that it may be the catalytic converter and that the symptoms with the
> smell made that a possiblity. With just under 80,000 miles on the car I
> feel that I should get that replaced. He suggested I take it to a
> reputable muffler shop (Not a franchise shop) rather than to the dealer
> because the cost at the dealer would be pretty high. I am at the point
> that I just want my fun to drive Fiero back.
>
> Has anyone else had their catalytic converter replaced? If you had
> someone else replace it what was your experience? Cost? Longivity of the
> replacement converter? I have herd others say that they get better life
> on the GM replacement parts then other aftermarket parts. Although,
even
> the dealer is having to get my replacement parts out of the junkyard.
>
> Regards;
>
> Don Bjortomt
> Huntington IN
>
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