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Colin
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19th Mar 07 at 16:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I went for a wee drive in Jades mini today, not too far due to the alternator belt snapping fiasco (thats fixed now) I must have went what 10 miles, pulled up to a junction ready to pull away & no power, the car hardly crawled out. So I pull over to take a look under the bonnet, everything looked ok, so got back in & decided to crawl the couple of miles home. Managed ok but very slow, sounding a bit like a tractor. I got up to the last set of lights & as I was sitting waiting on them changing & smoke started coming up from under the handbreak leaver , a fair bit of smoke, had to put the windows down etc to breath but couldnt stop there as it was a very busy junction so kept going, made it the next 2 turns home turned the ignition off, popped the bonnet & jumped out, & had a look, didnt seem out of sorts or excesivly hot!! Then I got down on my knees & looked underneeth at the cat which was glowing red hot & thats what the smoke was coming out of!!

Any ideas whats happened???
K3 VMU
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19th Mar 07 at 16:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
clutch
AK
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blocked
Hamish
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19th Mar 07 at 16:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Blockage in the cat possibly?
AK
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the cat will have prob collapsed, blocking the exhaust (drop in power) and build up of heat.
K3 VMU
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sorry,just red the bit about the cat glowing , so its not the clutch

probably the cells have chocked the exhaust
Colin
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Well thats what im thinking, The car uses a bit of oil......smokes a little, do you think maybe this could cause the cat to choke up?? Ive even heard of them disintegrating before, falling apart inside. I had just been in the local retail park at the time, going over numerous speed bumps........it was right after that it went wrong!! I think i might try taking the exhaust off from cat back, just to see if its choked up.
AK
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19th Mar 07 at 17:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fuckin blooter it with a hammer

that'll sort it....
K3 VMU
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19th Mar 07 at 17:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by AK
fuckin blooter it with a hammer

that'll sort it....







ruff...but effective
Colin
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19th Mar 07 at 17:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Think I should just rip the guts out the cat???

I mind you doing that to the punto Kindness
AK
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19th Mar 07 at 17:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
aye.... that was a master plan of the tennets order
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
aye.... that was a master plan of the tennets order


<<<<<< the big T

always makes the best plans come true

Colin
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19th Mar 07 at 17:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
LOL There was pic's of it back in the day, cat, chissle & big fuck off hammer
Kano
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19th Mar 07 at 18:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Colin
LOL There was pic's of it back in the day, cat, chissle & big fuck off hammer


Ive also used this technical approach to decatting.. lol..
SportBoy
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19th Mar 07 at 19:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sounds like you have a missfire on it .. ie coilpack or somthings gone down on it .. that will make the cat glow and kill it .. dont drive it anywhere
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19th Mar 07 at 21:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Surprised that you can even work on the Mini engine... looks alll bleh to me...

Can you de'cat it?
AK
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19th Mar 07 at 21:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by SportyBoy
sounds like you have a missfire on it .. ie coilpack or somthings gone down on it .. that will make the cat glow and kill it .. dont drive it anywhere


why?

 
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