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Old 12-17-2007, 06:04 PM
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yes the bad luck continues!! my ticking is starting to ease up a little, but i need to run it for a good 10 min with the seafoam in it. the problem is that the driver side cat ( 1st one off the headers) is getting red hot. 1st we thought it was oil/coolant on it. so i sparyed it with brake clean and came back later and the same problem. Ever thing worked ok b4 the swap started so is there ne ideas? could it be possible that it still has some oil in it a little ( some did get on it) or is it a mis ffire/other tyoe of deal...ne ideas?
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Old 12-17-2007, 06:20 PM
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if the cat's are getting cherry red you are having misfire problems. Raw fuel is getting burned up in the cat and will cause the internals to melt which will lead to expensive problems if you want to keep your cats.
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Old 12-17-2007, 06:51 PM
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ne ideas on how to check which cyl is missfiring?
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Old 12-17-2007, 10:36 PM
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Scan tool would be the best way, but I'm guessing you don't have one... Other than that you can get a spark tester to make sure you're getting spark. If you're getting good spark, check your injectors with a harness tester...

Spark plug tester - http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....mp;dir=catalog

Injector harness tester - http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....mp;dir=catalog
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Old 12-18-2007, 12:00 AM
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is your check engine light on or blinking? if its blinking...thats verrrry bad. Use a scan tool like the guy above me said, it will tell you which cylinder is misfiring.
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Old 12-18-2007, 09:55 AM
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AS stated, misfire left side, bad JU JU!

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Old 12-18-2007, 10:18 AM
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not blinking just on. i really cant catch a break
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