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Exhaust System Diagnostic Chart

IMPORTANT:  When a catalytic converter's catalyst has failed, pieces of the converter can become lodged in the muffler causing poor acceleration/hesitation. A plugged catalytic converter can also cause the engine not to start when exhaust flow is completely blocked.

Fig 1: Diagnosing Exhaust System
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