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[hippie-metal]

rig stalls. and wont start back up for at least an hour randomly, while repeatedly cranking it trying to get it started. sometimes i can get it started. some times the battery dies before it kicks over. either way during crank it reaks of gas. like straight gas. so me and fred finally get it running. it idles haggardly then fred looks underneath real quick cause something caught his eye. and sure enough the cat was glowing red and throwing a good 6 feet of flames.......now i think the cat is destroyed and plugged causing to much back pressure not letting my car start. but on the cat is this metal pipe that connected to it. not threaded in or anything. its just part of the cat. the line runs up towards the motor.....does anyone know what that line is for???........phil??

do i have to replace it with an oem? is that line important???

[Buffalo Phil]

I never actually looked at the cc on my jeep...I'll look at it today.

I had problems with it started the other day. I eventually found if I give it gas while cranking it starts.

Jeeps suck.

[hippie-metal]

yea i have been giving it gas while cranking. phil did you get that pic i sent you last night??

[crosbike]

I believe the line to the cat is used to help get rid of the NOx exiting the vehicle. The cat was blowing flames because of all the gas you were pumping in and letting exit the combustion chamber unburned. And that cat is pretty much done.

[Dr. Thunder]

You guys with carburetors know that you are suppose to give it one full pump before cold start to set the choke.

[hippie-metal]

indeed. i have been doing this. only it has been runnig real rich and no matter how i tune the carb it still runs rich. i think its time for a new carb and cat. only question is do i have to buy oem or can i just run a universal or a high flow cat???

[Dr. Thunder]

Don't buy a new carb. 90% of "carburetor problems" are not carburetor problems.

It sounds like your flooding it up, giving it too many pumps or something. Hold your foot to the floor if you smell gas and don't touch it. Everytime you pump it the accelerator pump squirts another tablespoon or so of gas.

[Buffalo Phil]

Dec 30, 2008 16:57:16 GMT -5 Dr. Thunder said:

Don't buy a new carb. 90% of "carburetor problems" are not carburetor problems.

It sounds like your flooding it up, giving it too many pumps or something. Hold your foot to the floor if you smell gas and don't touch it. Everytime you pump it the accelerator pump squirts another tablespoon or so of gas.

Yeah I'm still getting used to mine.

[Buffalo Phil]

Dec 30, 2008 9:36:07 GMT -5 hippie-metal said:

yea i have been giving it gas while cranking. phil did you get that pic i sent you last night??

I dont get pics, texts or any of that shit on my phone.

Send me the pic via internet.

[hippie-metal]

Dec 30, 2008 19:56:39 GMT -5 Buffalo Phil said:

Dec 30, 2008 9:36:07 GMT -5 hippie-metal said:

yea i have been giving it gas while cranking. phil did you get that pic i sent you last night??

I dont get pics, texts or any of that shit on my phone.

Send me the pic via internet.

gah. my phone has to work correctly again before that happens but i will work on it

[CSaddict]

Like Corey said. If you start flooding it hold it to the floor. The cat glows because of all the unburned fuel. With that said, check the timing.