2004 Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible "thermometer converter" Questions

the thermometer turns red when i turn on my car, it's normally blue.. what does that mean That's totally normal, that's just the sensors in you car making their self tests while starting the engine to

I have a VW Beetle 2004, and this morning a lamp with a thermometer in water it looked like started up. After I'd been driving for 5-10 min the lamp was out. Anything serious? chek niwo of water or ...

...thermometer. A good converter will have an exhaust temperature of about 100 degrees hotter at its exit than at its entry point.  You just hold the thermometer close and point at the exhaust pipe ...

...thermometer for less than $55.00 but the shop that installed the cat should have that good luck Have replaced sensors, plugs ,coils catalytic converter, get code p0301 & catalytic converter turns ...

...checked by thermometer before and after the converter and see if it is very hot before and moderately hot after. this car may have 2 converters on it. if so it is usually the first one. hope this ...

...out. Also if you have an ( optical pieromatour ) or laser thermometer, the exhaust gases coming out of a good working catalytic converter will be hotter than the gas going into it. Thanks for

...converter is going bad on a 2001 mercury sable A mechanic would check it with an inferred thermometer, the temp before the cat should be higher than after the cat. And the airflow thru the cat should ...

thermometer is handy for this .. make sure the pipe behind the CAT and the muffler are not leaking ..some "high flow rate " replacement mufflers will cause the trouble .. The catalytic converter needs

...converter is clogging up. Short of using a thermometer to check exhaust temp's pre- and post-converter (the temp. after the converter should be about 100 degrees hotter that the temp. before the ...

...converter short of disconnecting it and testing operation of car without it hooked up is with a pocket IR thermometer laser temperature reader. The car needs to be at normal operating temperature-say ...