In the event there is no check engine light and I wanted to diagnose if a catalytic converter is faulty, one of the test that can be performed is to use an infrared thermometer, and my understanding is that the temperature of the outlet catalytic converter is supposed to be higher than the inlet temperature. Is this correct? In the event that the temperature of the inlet is higher than the outlet, what would that tell us? Would that be a conclusive way of determining that the catalytic converter is faulty or would additional tests need to be carried out?
Oct 27, 2020 at 9:03 PM