Recent content by claudio123

Bad cats can cause this. My 90 would only idle till I changed the cats.

blocked cats can cause this system

Thanks guys. I figured that there was a good chance that it was cats after all the replys and that was something I could afford. I had it towed in and sure enough it was the cats. $720.00 later it runs like new. They showed a box of rocks that they said were from the cats that were blocking the...

Water temp increases before oil temp. The car has automatic trans. How does one check the cats? I used a long screw driver to my ear but could not find any place where the sound was coming from. All temps stay in the normal range But I am getting a wierd smell.

Engine is making sound that is like when bearings go out in water pump when I rev engine. The engine runs fine for about 5 minutes til it warms up then it wont go past 2000 rpm. At this point water temp goes up but not over heated. The noise is not comming from water pump but more like valve...