Hook a pressure gauge to your exhaust system (remove the O2 sensor and plug it there).
Start the car and check your reading; you should have between 0 and 1/1.25 psi at idle.
If you read much higher than that, you have a restriction. Check the pipe, muffler and converter.
Something else you could check: compression
Hope this help
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 AT 7:00 PM