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Title: cat glowing red hot ??
Post by: deejaywardy on 13 February 2010, 17:50:19

so my clutch is all sorted now FINALLY :D ,,, lol ,,, i took it out for a test drive and when i got back i smelt somthing hot ,, so i got the car up on ht e ramp and the drivers side cat was glowing bright red ,,, had alll off it off today to check see if anything is blocked anywhere and all seems fine ,, the car has had a missfire tho  :'( so would this cause the cat/cats to glow bright red ??

need my rocker cover gaskets doin and breather system cleaning out , can anyone do this and a price ???? ( lincolnshire area )


thanks ben   :y

Title: Re: cat glowing red hot ??
Post by: waspy on 13 February 2010, 18:01:57

Lee (Wellung) is coming over your way soon. May be worth while dropping a PM :y

Title: Re: cat glowing red hot ??
Post by: deejaywardy on 13 February 2010, 18:04:58

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Lee (Wellung) is coming over your way soon. May be worth while dropping a PM :y

wouldnt be for a little while yet as cash is runnin low atm lol with just doin my clutch and flywheel ,, pokets are almost empty lol  :'( ,, oh well

thanks for the info tho m8  :y

Title: Re: cat glowing red hot ??
Post by: Kevin Wood on 13 February 2010, 18:08:55

Yes, a misfire can certainly cause cats to overheat.

Kevin

Title: Re: cat glowing red hot ??
Post by: deejaywardy on 13 February 2010, 19:10:36

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Yes, a misfire can certainly cause cats to overheat.

Kevin

thanks for the info kevin  :y

Title: Re: cat glowing red hot ??
Post by: deejaywardy on 13 February 2010, 20:20:15

another thing would it cause the car to get very hot as when i turned the car off the coolent fluid bubbled up and leaked out for a bit till got cooler??

Title: Re: cat glowing red hot ??
Post by: Mike Collins on 14 February 2010, 10:15:36

Coolant boiling over after shutdown might be your auxilliary electric pump is not working.

Title: Re: cat glowing red hot ??
Post by: marlcdx on 14 February 2010, 11:39:27

You can go here for your breather pipes etc.  Its really easy to follow, only took me an hour or so.

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1194007453

Title: Re: cat glowing red hot ??
Post by: Lazydocker on 14 February 2010, 11:49:12

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Yes, a misfire can certainly cause cats to overheat.

Kevin

Caused the Sister in Law's Passatt to catch fire :o :o :o

Title: Re: cat glowing red hot ??
Post by: Kevin Wood on 14 February 2010, 11:49:16

I would do a pedal test and see if there are any fault codes present. Also whip off the coil packs and see if the plug wells are clear of water / oil. While you're there check the plugs, or replace if they've got close to 40k or more on them, or history is unknown.

Kevin