i just bought a 95 eclipse 2.0L automatic and when i bought it it had a bad converter on it but i got it for a pretty good price, so i got a new converter on it and now this one has gone bad too, please help me out and let me know what the freaking deal is..oh by the way this is my first post, i came over ot this post from asog cuz i used to have a 96 venge, but she is long gone now..help me out here asap please!

what are the symptoms, are you sure its the cat??? do you use crappy gas, are you running really rich, if the cat keeps going bad, either you just got a defective cat once or something else it wrong, the cat should last a long time, again what are the symptoms??

well it runs fine and everything but now it is shot cuz the insides are all looses and i havet scraped the road of anything..any ideas

Get it checked out, it could be faulty. You shouldn't be having any problems. Like he said above don't be putinng crappy gas in there.

what is crappy gas?? If your not turbo or spraying dont waste your money. Use regular

The main things that cause catlytic converters to die are fouling due to rich conditiond and time. They all fail in time, as the converter only has so much catalyst. Rich conditions can foul the catalytic converter, clogging it with so much carbon that it will no longer function. If the cat is fairly new, suspect that a rich condition exists that is causing it to fail. These can be caused by worn out plugs, bad oxygen sensors, leaky injectors, and faulty fuel pressure regulators. Give your car a good tuneup, check both your oxygen sensors and your fuel pressure if you can.

Good luck!

I fyou live in an emission free state just take it off and put on a straight pipe. A straight pipe cant get messed up.

in indiana you gota have one on, it wouldnt be so bad except it rattles really bad now cuz the insides are all broke loose an everything???its only 3 days old..anymore advice would be helpful and how do i check these things?

You must have bought it used. If it's brand new.. go bitch to whoever you got it from, because you got ripped off.

yup dino is right running rich fouls your cat, hehe I fouled my stock on darn super rich fuel system. :P

>in indiana you gota have one on, it wouldnt be so bad except
>it rattles really bad now cuz the insides are all broke
>loose an everything???its only 3 days old..anymore advice
>would be helpful and how do i check these things?

ONLY 3 DAYS OLD--- take that thing back to where ever you got it and get your money back if its 3 days old as you say its obviously faulty and not from your car.

nah the converter wasnt junk is was brand new and plsu the guy at the exhaust shop told me that when i get it put on that i should do have it hooked up to a computer and see what the deal is...the gas i run is fine, jsut basic unleaded gas, i dont have a turbo system....trust me its not the gas...maybe the injectors are leaking cuz i dont get as good as gas mileage as i did on my avenger and it had the same engine as my eclipse has in it (2.0L)...so any other ideas, im desperate, i will tear the whole car apart if i have to to find out what the deal is, how can i test it to find out what it is..?

could it be due to too much oil?i jsut checked it and it was dirty and very full???

there was a recall on the fuel pressure regulators on 95's. i had mine done. goto a dealership and ask for the fuel pressure regulator recall and to have an asiprator kit put on. if you have any questions about the second one email me. craigd887@aol.com

other than that goto a parts place and et new plugs. try to get ngk bkr5e-11's they're much better. and finally the upstream oxygen sensor. it's about 80 dollars. that's the plan of attack ranging in price from free to 80 bucks

hey thank you soo much for your info..im gonna take it down to the mits dealership today, will they have to fix it for me or not?well ill find out...and do they put an aspirator kit on it, i have no idea what that is, and where do i get an upsteam oxygen sensor at?hope to hear back from ya..thanks