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Catalytic Converter Blockage Test?? 850

posted by  volvocrazed on  Fri Apr 22 13:44 CST 2005
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From your description, I would suspect nothing is wrong.

The N/A barely pulls the weight of the 850 unless you kick it - the vehicle is underpowered with that engine. 168 hp sounds like quite a bit, so I guess it must have crappy torque at low rpms. I always drive it in sport mode which helps. And yes, it does have a distinctive exhaust sound, also I have heard the muffler gets louder with age.

You'll simply have to learn to enjoy your lame car ;-)
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'97 850 n/a Wagon, 120K mi






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New Catalytic Converter Blockage Test?? [850]
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