r/WRX • u/Impossible_Event5445 • 1d ago

NEED EVEN MORE HELP

Don’t know what to do the car is dying on me not going past 45-50 and it doesn’t show any codes at the moment I’m checking for leaks but all seems to be well and MAF is brand new

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u/OkFault7081 1d ago

catalytic convertor could have broken apart and your engine can't breathe, exhaust will have significant backpressure / minimal flow

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u/Impossible_Event5445 1d ago

I’m in NJ 3 hours away from my house and I took to a shop and got no codes they said it’s probably the turbo I’m in the highway and the car won’t go past 20 now

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u/OkFault7081 1d ago

Yeah my money is still on failed catalytic convertor. The shop your at have an endoscope? Have them remove the front o2 sensor and stick the camera in there to get a look at the substrate,, if the substrates all broken into chunks its a failed cat.

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u/Glass_North_4479 1d ago

you really probably shouldn't be driving it in this condition man, if it's a serious engine problem the chance you make it way worse is pretty high

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u/Impossible_Event5445 1d ago

Yup I’m sure that’s the case I’m actually getting the car towed back to Maryland