My grandson owns a Volkswagen GolfThe check engine light recently came on and have the code P0240 We are thinking it is a bad catalytic converterPerformance has suffered, mpg has gone down and there is a rattling noise now.Has anyone have any experience with this? The year of the car is 2001Volkswagen Golf138,000 miles2.0 engineGLS TrimThis is the only code showing up.Doubt it's the O2 sensor
Newspaper, bottles, cans, jars, carboard, and phone booksWe've no pick-up, but the city has a place we can drop off several days a week.
I recycle paper, cans, and bottles (mostly beer)
recycle paper, cans, bottles
Mom, at school they have a recycle program going on, I help my grand daughter to collect cans! Have a good evening! Jimmy.
Do a back-pressure test by removing the upstream O2 sensor and installing a pressure gaugeIt sounds like the ceramic monolith in the converter has broken up, this only happens due to shock either physical (object in road) or thermal (drove through water or snow drift) or if the engine has a misfire that has overheated itChances are it is going to need a new kitty, sorry.
