Perhaps I should have asked some more when I was doing this repair. I did
check many (many!) places on the web and did not find much of anything that
would work with this car. There were some online suggestions of going to a
muffler shop where some clever guy with a torch would put on a general
purpose cat. I guess I considered this sort of half assed and wanted to do
the job right. I can't say for certain it was worth it but ... damn....it
sure went together easy!

Ken


"Leon van Dommelen" > wrote in message
...
> "KWS" > wrote:
>
> >The '90 Miata continues to keep trucking along on the original catalytic
> >converter. I bought a 2000 Protégé recently that had a bad cat (and about
> >120K on the clock). A new one from Trussville Mazda, with gaskets, was
> >around $350. Installation was easy, at least for the Protégé.
>
> Aftermarket M1 cats are less than half that.
>
> Leon
>
> >Ken
> >
> >"junktin" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I had the same problem with my 2000 Miata this past summer. (At least
> >> the same results- fouled cat converter.)
> >>
> >> The car was out of warranty but the dealer replaced the cat converter
> >> under the longer emissions warranty.
> >>
> >> Question your dealer on this and perhaps visit another dealer but I
> >> understood the emissions warranty is something like 7 years.
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> In article >,
> >> Carol > wrote:
> >>
> >> > Looking for advice on a recent problem ---
> >> >
> >> > I have a 2000 Miate which started running horrible all of a sudden --
> >> > check engine light on steady and then flashing and then on steady
> >> > again. Spoke to my mechanic's assistance and was told to drive it to
> >> > his place but watch for oil pressure guage and water temp guage and
> >> > not to "push" it.
> >> >
> >> > Started driving it (even though I really didn't want to). Drove
maybe
> >> > 10 km and then I was sure I smelled something "burning" so I pulled
> >> > over and had it towed.
> >> >
> >> > Turned out to be my ignition coil. Had it replaced. The next day my
> >> > check engine light came on again. Took it back, he checked it out
and
> >> > checked the settings for the Catalytic Converter (which showed OK).
> >> > Figured it was maybe just running through stuff that had been in the
> >> > gas tank when I had the original problem), and cleared the codes.
> >> >
> >> > To make a long story short, I have had the check engine light cleared
> >> > a couple of times now but it has come back on. The code says
> >> > something about the O2 sensor (or something like that). He is now
> >> > saying that I need to replace the Catalytic Converter (its around
> >> > $1200) !!
> >> >
> >> > Is there some way I can be sure that it's the Catalytic Converter?
> >> > Can it be tested someway BEFORE I spend that kind of money? Could it
> >> > be just a sensor of some sort or a loose wire?
> >> >
> >> > I live in Ontario where we have E-tests -- could having an E-test
> >> > check it out? (I JUST had an e-test in mid October and everything
was
> >> > fine).
> >> >
> >> > Not sure what to do but it's getting colder and I need to put the car
> >> > away for the winter but want to get the problem solved before I do.
> >> >
> >> > Does anybody have any thoughts or suggestions?
> >> >
> >> > MUCH appreciated.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Carol
> >
> --
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