Yep...the engine light does come on sporadicly then goes off. Hence, the
dealer telling me the issue with the engine light is catalytic in nature.
Great advice on the tune-up (plugs, rotor and wires). Did the Techron thing
a few months ago.
Any easy fix for the converter?
"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull.DeleteThis@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
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>>I was told by the dealer that I will need a catalytic converter soon. Car
>>is not idling correctly, feels like it is going to stall then picks up
>>again at idle.
>>
>> Anyone else had this issue? Converter is quite expensive at the Honda
>> stealership...
>>
>>
> Funny you should mention "stealership."
>
> Those are not symptoms of catalytic converter problems. Cat symptoms fall
> into two categories: those that announce themselves by the "check engine"
> light coming on and those caused by the catalyst becoming plugged. You
> don't have the first, with codes that point to the cat, right? And plugged
> cats are more of a problem when you push on the accelerator than they are
> at idle. Sometimes they have chunks of sintered debris floating around
> that cause intermittent stumbling, but again that is more of an "on the
> road" problem than an idle problem.
>
> If the tune-up parts (spark wires, rotor, cap) haven't been changed since
> new, now is the time to do that. Use only OEM - new aftermarket forms of
> those parts have been known to cause grief. Change the spark plugs, too,
> but you can use NGKs for those if you want. Cover another base by adding a
> bottle of Techron to the tank, unless you have been using "top tier"
> gasoline semi-regularly. If the problems still persist we're looking at
> intake problems... or possibly ignition.
>
> Mike
>
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