Firebird88
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I am having a probelm with a catalytic converter glowing orange and its a new one straight out of the box and these were somr of the probelms i had with the car when i had to get the converter replaced First the EGR Valve burnt out and i got that replaced and Then my car wont start at all and then i had my brother help me out with it and he told me i had a clogged catalytic converter and now back to where i was with the new catalytic converter when i bought the new one i also bought a new oxygen sensor with it and i got all that installed and im still have trouble with the catalytic converter glowing orange I had a buddy of mine hook up a OBD I Code scanner to my car cause i had the engine light on so we scanned it and the Trouble shooting code error was( DTC-43 Electronic Spark Failure ) which i looked it up online and it turned out to be the Knock Sensor and I have a repair manual to my car so i looked it up in the manual and this is what the manuall said about the knock sensor >
The Knock Sensor is designed to sense when fuel is burning unevenly and causing "knocking" or irregular vibrations in the engine. The knock sensor consists of an electric coil that is wound around two ceramic rods with a magnet in the center. Engine vibration makes the ceramic rods vibrate. This disturbs the coils magnetic field and alters the current passing through the coil. This disturbance returns to the computer as a signal pattern that the computer analyzes. The computer then determines whether the vibrations are characteristic of engine knocking.
And i was wondering could it off set the Catalytic converter and cause it to acted up and glow orange because the Car runs good it just the converter glows orange
The Knock Sensor is designed to sense when fuel is burning unevenly and causing "knocking" or irregular vibrations in the engine. The knock sensor consists of an electric coil that is wound around two ceramic rods with a magnet in the center. Engine vibration makes the ceramic rods vibrate. This disturbs the coils magnetic field and alters the current passing through the coil. This disturbance returns to the computer as a signal pattern that the computer analyzes. The computer then determines whether the vibrations are characteristic of engine knocking.
And i was wondering could it off set the Catalytic converter and cause it to acted up and glow orange because the Car runs good it just the converter glows orange