1998 Chevy Malibu

Tiny
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  • 1998 CHEVROLET MALIBU
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 10,000 MILES
My car has lost a lot of power and my exhaust gets red hot gets red hot after driving for a short period of time and my car keeps dying. What is going on?
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 AT 12:06 AM

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Tiny
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Hi there,

I feel that the cat converter is blocked and collapsed, this scan be caused by an over rich fuel mixture, get the cat checked and check the tune as well, start here.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 AT 7:25 AM

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