I've owned a lot of cars since 1975. Six of them were Fieros. Two of the
first three of the Fieros were the only cars that I've had to re-cat. One
of
them had three cats in it before I sold it. It had 132k when I sold it. I
never had a cat plug up on me just burn out until their guts rattled. I've
always blamed it on a lot of very hard driving. That all happened back in
my
youth. I've had three Fieros just since 2004 and haven't put enough miles
on
any of them to be able to tell how long their cats would last. Since I
don't
drive like a nut case anymore I shouldn't have further problems.
"PePe-LePu_For_2" <wibert.martin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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
> news:j4ydncSuB76cRjjanZ2dnUVZ_rSrnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 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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