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Old 06-17-2009, 08:46 AM
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My wife has a 1997 SE that runs OK for about 15 min then when it idles it runs very rough and acts like it wants to stall out. A strong odor comes from the catalytic converter. Any suggestions?
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Old 06-17-2009, 01:17 PM
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whats fuel pressure??

could also be a plugged CATalytic converter, does it get red hot when running?
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fuel pressure is fine. I can't answer whether or not it'* red hot. I will check. I drove it last night to try and figure what was wrong and noticed a strong odor, the smell of a cat/conv.
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whats fuel pressure?
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Sounds like a clogged cat. You can get a after market cat from ZZ performance for about $70
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