Does bump starting and running out of petrol ruin the catalytic converter? I've been bump starting quite a bit recently and I ran out of petrol a couple of times in the last year, and my car is due it's first MOT.
The message from "neutron" contains these words:
No. What may shag the cat is repeated failure to start when bumping it. That can lead to an excess of wet fuel building up in the matrix, which some claim damages it.
I've not seen any particularly good evidence that a cold cat moistened with fuel is particularly vulnerable, but then I haven't been looking.
As for running out of fuel - if the brief moment when it's running very lean went on for ages then possibly, but in most cases the car stops pretty abruptly.
Of course, what you really want to do is fix the starting problem!
And fill up before the red bit ! ;-)
Andy
When cats first came in there were lots of warnings about bump starting but I have yet to see any evidence of problems.
Having said that, surely having a flat battery once is bad luck but repeatedly is just stupid? Surely you need a new battery or have a drain somewhere?
The same goes with petrol. Don't you have a gauge and red flashing light?
Alan
The message from Andy Cap contains these words:
Perhaps the petrol-fairy is away covering for the tooth-fairy.
You need to read this thread in conjunction with "help-possible starter prob?" (13:48 on the 5th), and "car battery knackered" (15:27 on the 4th)
Steve
Well the low battery has been ongoing for a few weeks (started when i left the interior light on by accident), but only in the last week has it been a serious nuisance. The fuel thing was because my car's fuel gauge reads empty when there's still 1/3 of a tank left so I take advantage of that sometimes, and the second time I ran out of petrol was when I was late for work and forgot I needed to get petrol on the way.
It's a pity the petrol fairy doesn't leave you any money...
How do you run out of petrol? Is the gauge broken?
On 06-Feb-06 12:24:13, abcde said
The amount of money left wouldn't be decided by the petrol fairy anyway. That is predetermined by the petrol fairy companies, of whom the petrol fairy is a customer. The petrol fairy herself makes almost no profit on the transaction whatsoever.
Although that may just be a fairy story.
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No. I ran out by not filling it up. :-)
Typical - whenever you're late, something always happens to make you even later!
D
Talking about the Petrol Fairy!
A bloke ran out of petrol on a country road miles from a garage.
A fairy appeared and asked what the matter was? ran out of petrol was the answer.
Take off your petrol tank cap the fairy said which he did. A swarm of bees descended and swarmed into his petrol tank. After about five mins of buzzing around they left.
The fairy said to now try the car. It started! Thats amazing how did that happen?
Easy said the fairy. Bee Pee.
On 08-Feb-06 16:27:34, Merryterry said
Primary school, probably while Jimi Hendrix was stil in the charts when I last heard/told that. :)
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Tommy Steele was in the charts when I heard it. Really.
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