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Originally Posted by bcredliner
In initial post Mad Mike writes that there is no overheating or smell associated with the loss of power. I keep coming back to the 45 minutes of idling and the sudden onset. I have never had a fan clutch drag an engine down that much and I have taken a clutch fan off cars in the past and replaced them with non-electric no clutch fan. Never had a transmission, maybe a torque convertor act like that. Per my post and JCL's I can't think of anything other than a cat.
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Are clogged cats common on these things? In my experience they aren't on most, and very uncommon without first having O2 or related CELs. I agree though; while fan clutch can cause some drag, it's usually not as extreme as is described here. I've also run cars without mech. fans.