On Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 9:43:44 AM UTC-4, Francis Strelok wrote:
> On Sun, 16 May 2021 04:10:40 -0700 (PDT), Thomas <
cano...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 3:50:42 AM UTC-4, Francis Strelok wrote:
> >> On Sat, 15 May 2021 10:38:04 -0700 (PDT), Thomas <
cano...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >2012 Juke has cat issues according to mechanic.
> >> >Bought Cataclean to dump in gas tank. 15 bucks give or take. Does this stuff work? Need a week or 2 to try. Full tank. Need 4 gallons ish to add.
> >> >I will report back, just wondering if it can help.
> >> >Damn nissans are draining me.
> >> I haven't personally used it, but I'd recommend a long drive on the
> >> highway to really heat up everything to burn up and pass anything that
> >> might've collected in the catalytic converter.
> >>
> >> What happened in the engine that resulted in build up in the cat?
> >Took it for a rattle I could not find. Sounded like a loose heat shield. Maybe I am being gamed?
> If you're diagnosing a rattle, no snake oil in a can is going to help
> most likely,
I would have stopped with that, or just not going to help period. I'd be
skeptical that any additive is going to fix a catalytic converter period.
Some people think a cat failure is like the worst thing ever. I have a friend
who had a Honda CRV, the cat light would come on after long drives. He got
it through inspection once after that, next time he was obsessed with the
cat problem. I told him he could reset the light, wait for the monitors to be
set and likely get it through state inspection before the light came on again.
I looked up the cost of a new cat, it was around $300, which I told him.
Instead he went to the dealer for an oil change and decided to buy a new
car. They gave him $1000 for his Honda CRV that was in decent condition,
easily worth 3 times that or more..... Go figure.