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Re: smoke, low compression after replace catalytic
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 8/7/2013

Jason,

I would figure that the engine was failing already, that's what killed the cats. Changing the cats didn't cause anything, the engine just finished dying :( The rings are probably stuck from sitting combined with crappy year old ethanol infused fuel. ... Login to read more.