In 2015, David brought you his holiday gift guide via our Insight blog, but this year he took his gift guide live! He and Arrow SI fellow technology geek Kristen Walker, have spent 2016 trying out the newest and most popular techie gadgets to buy for the geeks in their lives (even if itâs themselves!) David and Kristen discuss some of the hottest items in 2016, like the Amazon Echo Dot, Logitec Remote, Fitbit, Arlo Home Monitoring and more!
There are a number of additional reasons for converter failure, and a variety of common engine management components that should be checked when replacing a converter. Overheated, Melted or Broken. 1  Throttle Body Injector. 2  Fuel Injectors.
In a catalytic converter, the catalyst's job is to speed up the removal of pollution. The catalyst is made from platinum or a similar, platinum-like metal such as palladium or rhodium. A catalytic converter is a large metal box, bolted to the underside of your car, that has two pipes coming out of it. One of them (the converter's input) is connected to the engine and brings in hot, polluted fumes from the engine's cylinders (where the fuel burns and produces power).