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  1. #1 93 grandprix Catalytic converter glowing 
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    hi my 1993 grandprix 3.1 was running fine all off a sudden it lost power ,converter was glowing red hot. change converter still no power and exhaust sound weird before and after new converter. call idles fine but still no power.will a bad spark plug wire make the converter glow.
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    Might be clogged and the friction would cause it to glow.
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    sure sounds clogged to me.
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    hi it turn out to the ignition control model one coil was not fireing all the time.thanks.
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    That could make sense. Thus dumping fuel into the exhaust that was burning up in the cat. Good work figuring it out.
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    just hope that all that fuel dumped in it didnt actually damage the cat now.
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