I have a long-running saga with my 2005 Accord iCTDI tourer.
It is currently massively down on power and smokes hugely under acceleration (put your foot down and you can't see following traffic, even under moderate acceleration it leaves a black stripe on the road).
Independent garages were uncertain as to the cause, and I was reluctant to swap the turbo without getting it checked out, so I took it to a Honda dealer. They think that there is a blockage in the exhaust system and have recommended replacing both catalytic converters. Prior to spending the money on the catalysts (they seem to be available on eBay for sensible money) my local garage is proposing to knock the matrix out of them to confirm that it fixes the problem - it is booked in next week.
Has anyone else seen this "blocked catalyst" problem before? I would be interested to hear if anyone has any experience of this. The car has done 160k miles.
It is currently massively down on power and smokes hugely under acceleration (put your foot down and you can't see following traffic, even under moderate acceleration it leaves a black stripe on the road).
Independent garages were uncertain as to the cause, and I was reluctant to swap the turbo without getting it checked out, so I took it to a Honda dealer. They think that there is a blockage in the exhaust system and have recommended replacing both catalytic converters. Prior to spending the money on the catalysts (they seem to be available on eBay for sensible money) my local garage is proposing to knock the matrix out of them to confirm that it fixes the problem - it is booked in next week.
Has anyone else seen this "blocked catalyst" problem before? I would be interested to hear if anyone has any experience of this. The car has done 160k miles.