wegsleepregeling
Junior Member
Shortly after I bought my beater 1999 2500, the catalytic converter failed after I gave it the beans on the freeway.
I had a new one put in for a quick $300.
Then I put the truck through its paces in anticipation of a trip. Towed a boat to and from Tahoe (from sea level), towed my camper to and from Tahoe (6000 pounds, from 4000' over 7000' to 5000' and back). It went fine, pretty much. Not a lot of power, but it's an old truck and only cost me $700.
Then on my trip, with the camper, passengers, and cargo, it finally crapped out. Same thing, the cat fried. This is just a couple thousand miles later. Got a blinking CEL just before/during the cat fail.
The truck also has the typical vacuum leak symptoms, making for quite a comfortable trip across the sweltering deserts of Nevada (heh).
Obviously, something upstream of the cat is running poorly (too hot?) and that's killing the cats. I get no codes.
Any suggestions? I certainly want to dig into that problem before putting on a new cat! And even if I register it in a county without smog check requirements and forego the cat altogether, I still need to fix this problem. Truck has the full factory tow package.
Thanks in advance!
I had a new one put in for a quick $300.
Then I put the truck through its paces in anticipation of a trip. Towed a boat to and from Tahoe (from sea level), towed my camper to and from Tahoe (6000 pounds, from 4000' over 7000' to 5000' and back). It went fine, pretty much. Not a lot of power, but it's an old truck and only cost me $700.
Then on my trip, with the camper, passengers, and cargo, it finally crapped out. Same thing, the cat fried. This is just a couple thousand miles later. Got a blinking CEL just before/during the cat fail.
The truck also has the typical vacuum leak symptoms, making for quite a comfortable trip across the sweltering deserts of Nevada (heh).
Obviously, something upstream of the cat is running poorly (too hot?) and that's killing the cats. I get no codes.
Any suggestions? I certainly want to dig into that problem before putting on a new cat! And even if I register it in a county without smog check requirements and forego the cat altogether, I still need to fix this problem. Truck has the full factory tow package.
Thanks in advance!
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