Why are my exhaust glowing Cherry red

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Asked by Detroitking223 Dec 07, 2020 at 01:28 PM about the 2009 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I left my car idled for like a hour because i work
security and i notice a burning smell went to look
under the car and the exhaust was cherry red what
can this be no check engine light?

7 Answers

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I bet it was the Catalytic Converter. Either you have a misfire or your engine is running rough and causing the cat to get red or it could be a clogged catalytic converter.

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So something else is going on that's killing the catalytic converters. A glowing converter usually means you have a misfiring engine that is dumping raw fuel into the catalytic converter. You'll need to have the engine trouble fixed then replace the catalytic converters again. Hope that helps! Jim

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A glowing convertor at idle is an overheated soon to be damaged convertor. It is possible that you may have a leaking fuel injector or other issue.

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Maybe other issue. Change the fuel injectors with motor craft my man new air cleaner assembly with the MAF sensor.

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You only changed one coil? Maybe that is the problem. Have a muffler shop do a back pressure test on the cats.

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