Re: [DML] Red-glowing cat!

[MPolzin@xxxx]

Stian,
A glowing cat usually means a rich fuel mixure for one reason or another,
the fuel is getting burnt up inside the cat instead of inside of the engine
where it should be. It could also just simply be a plugged up cat.

I would get the engine compression checked, the last time this happened to
me it ended up being a valve job. :(

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Stian Birkeland <delorean@xxxx>
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: DOC UK <doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 6:05 PM
Subject: [DML] Red-glowing cat!


>Today I drove my last trip in my DeLorean (this year, that is!)
>I'm putting it away for winter storage.
>
>However, when I parked up, having taken the car to the carwash and back to
my garage and with normal engine temperatures, driven for around 15 minutes,
I discovered that the cat was glowing red! This *might* have been a very
close fire, but I'm puzzled to what to look for? Why did the cat act like
this? I have never experienced this before...let me also at that it
sputtered when I drove it, but I think that's mainly bad spark plugs and/or
condensation because of the winter climate we have here right now.
>
>Still - why did the cat glow red...I'm sure it was a couple of hundred
degrees down there in the engine bay :-(
>
>Any suggestions welcome
>
>Stian Birkeland
>Norway
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>VIN # 06759
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