When I had a misfire it was caused by a shorted wire causing the injector to be open all the time. That dumped waaaaaay more gas than a no-spark misfire. The gas smell was incredible. They did an engine flush to get all the gas out. On the way home from the shop I got the code for the sensor behind the cat and thought I would need a new cat. I erased the code on the way home and it never came back after the 60 mile trip home with plenty of high speed driving. A couple years later and the cat is still good.
Your cat may have used up one life, but hopefully it will live for many more years.
Mark
Last edited by deermagnet : 01/25/2011 at 07:42 PM