Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 10:38 pm, by: Ibrahim Azam(Skyliner)
Hey, My car is smoking and very sluggish and the warning icon for the cat is up on the dash. I got the nrma guy to have a look and he suspects it to be the catalytic converter. Its supposed to be a bit expensive. Anyone have any recommendations of what the problem may be and if he guy was right do i just buy some new ones from local muffler shop or what? Also how much should i pay for it. Just incase this helps i have a single exhaust, think it was converted from the double pipe since it seemed to be blocked around the y piping....anyone know whats the advantage of one big exhaust over two. Cheers
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - 10:02 pm, by: Brett Lauria(Brett_lauria)
if one or more packs has gone because the fuel being unburned in the chamber it will have to be burned in the exhaust thus the cat and the pure fuel can carbon or melt the cat depending on the conditions just get a crow bar,screw driver and hammer just belt it out there just an emmision thing where you thrashing the car
Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 06:18 pm, by: Ibrahim Azam(Skyliner)
Thanks guys for all the input. Dad took the car to the muffler dude(bad thing) and had a look under the car and the cats were glowing. Was told to change them and it cost $700. Now I still have the problem. Going to the mechanic tomorrow, probably get it towed. So do you guys still think it’s the igniter and coils. Man I wish I was a little older to be able to see exactly whats wrong and get it fixed, I could have used $700 bucks for something better. Any more suggestions?. cheers
Thursday, June 29, 2006 - 06:26 pm, by: Andrew Ferres(Peewee)
The cats are glowing because one of your coils or one of your ignitors is dead/unplug/faulty wiring.
Fix that and the cats will stop glowing. I'm not sure how long it takes to kill a catalytic convertor, but I've only had mine glowing for 3-4 mins tops.
Eventually they will collapse.
Is the car running like its on 4 cylinders/like a diesel/has no power?
Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 09:47 pm, by: Kurt Harrison(Aps12p)
Yea just had the same problem on friends V8 soarer, cat warning light was up and cats were red hot after drive. Common problem fix, a mechanic store in Parra Direct tyre sales 96832988 did the work, if you need details on the fix/ prices give this guy a call (Brenden, owns the store), coil pack was the problem, from memory the guy said it has two v6 camry packs on it....may be wrong said it was pushing unburnt fuel into cats as one of the packs was dead causing them to become red hot.
Saturday, July 01, 2006 - 09:50 pm, by: Kurt Harrison(Aps12p)
Also it had the same problems yours did, drove well for several km but became sluggish, warning light came up and ended up with the cats red hot, on this soarer cats werent replaced, just the pack and all was right.
Monday, July 03, 2006 - 09:06 am, by: Ibrahim Azam(Skyliner)
I asked a local mechanic and he recons its the fuel regulator since the engine sounds fine and if it were the coil packs or ignitor you would probably have one of the cats glowing not 2, something along those lines. Now i was told to check the airmeter (air sensor on the air filter) and that seems to be the problem as the engine does not respond by turning off when i disconnect it. I think if i get that replaced all shall be fine...just have to hunt for one now...any ideas on were i can pick another one up. cheers
Monday, July 03, 2006 - 12:51 pm, by: Damien Smith(Damien)
Couple of wrong assumptions there. Firstly the coils and igniters don't just feed 1 side each - they both feed 2 cylinders on one side and 2 on the other so you would still get 2 glowing cats.
Secondly the car won't stop if you disconnect the airflow meter. The car will still drive without it but will run rich and be a bit sluggish.
Your best bet is to follow the advice from those who know Soarers. If you're anywhere near Botany take it to Niall Bond (0415 866 014). I'm on the Northern Beaches and I'll only take my Soarer to Niall as he knows them inside out.
Monday, July 03, 2006 - 04:57 pm, by: Ibrahim Azam(Skyliner)
Thanks, okay, I guess some mechanics don't know what they're talking about. I've got the car at the mechanics now, if he doesnt figure it out I'll have to get it towed to Sydney, to Bond then. Thanks for the input.
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 10:26 am, by: Tom Richards(Tomr)
you can measure the resistance of the coils with a multimeter.
the primary(low voltage) will read close to a short cct (0 ohms) and the secondary ( measure from the the high voltage output to either of the low voltage connectors. From memory should be ~12k ohms
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