Exhaust restricted?

200,000 MILES • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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BOLTSTEEL
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what can cause you not to hear the exhaust when the truck is running and also cause it to cut off
Apr 26, 2010 at 10:17 AM
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KASEKENNY
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This sounds like a converter issue. Here are a number of guides that will help with explaining this, how to test it, and how to replace it:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/bad-catalytic-converter-symptoms

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-a-catalytic-converter

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/catalytic-converter-replacement

Please see the attached info from the manual that will show how to replace the converter.

Please run through this info and let us know if you have questions. Thanks
Jul 7, 2021 at 11:36 AM
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