i just got a 1990 crx si. with 203,xxx miles..needs a new cv axle..i was able to drive it home about 50 miles from my house. then the day after i just changed the spark plugs, wires, cap & rotor,


but soon after the tune-up, i drove it for about 5 minutes, i seen smoke coming out the hood and i quickly opened it and seen a glowing orange light under the engine, i look under and i think it was the catalytic converter and it was glowing and burning from the inside? can somebody tell me what happened? what should i do? and also i noticed loss of power after i change the spark plugs, wires, cap & rotor..i still need to replace the fuel filter..i plan to use the CRX as my daily driver and go 200 miles a day...can anybody help me out, please?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BENZ SiVIC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i just got a 1990 crx si. with 203,xxx miles..needs a new cv axle..i was able to drive it home about 50 miles from my house. then the day after i just changed the spark plugs, wires, cap & rotor,


but soon after the tune-up, i drove it for about 5 minutes, i seen smoke coming out the hood and i quickly opened it and seen a glowing orange light under the engine, i look under and i think it was the catalytic converter and it was glowing and burning from the inside? can somebody tell me what happened? what should i do? and also i noticed loss of power after i change the spark plugs, wires, cap & rotor..i still need to replace the fuel filter..i plan to use the CRX as my daily driver and go 200 miles a day...can anybody help me out, please?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Idk what happened, but 200 miles a day, wtf?? Where do you go everyday?

 

do you think i mismatched the wires from the plugs to the cap??? i forgot to match it when i took off the old wires....

 

i had the same problem. the cat was obstructed. does your car overheat?

 

The glowing light sounds like your cat was overheating. take it off and bash out all the material inside to make it a hollow pipe. It won't be legal, but it will tell you if it was an obstruction in the cat.

Then go get a new one, lol.

 

Sound like your CAT got clogged up burned. Take it out and put it up to a bright light, you should see a liitle bit of light on the other end. if not, replace it.

 

the cat is made up of a honey comb ceramic material. and it does get clogged, and some times even smell like rotten eggs. best bet is to get it replaced, you car will run a whole lot better. or like said above, take it off and smash out the inside. i live in a town with no emisions, so i have gotten away with that before

 

ok ...my problem was solved because my firing order was mixed up......

but another thing, my speedometer and odometer doesnt work but every thing in my cluster works fine....can somebody tell me if i need to replace my cluster or is it a connection problem?

 

it's prob you vss if you live near me in upstate new york i would think you bought my friend sounds just like his lol.