My car hasn't run for 2 years. It has a problem where it shuts down when it gets warm. Last night I put a battery in it and it ran about 5 minutes wouldn't restart when warm. I took the battery out to reset the codes and put a battery in. Today I also replaced the coolant temp sensor and it ran great for an hour, I shut it off and re-started multiple times while warm/hot and didn't have a problem.

After an hour it was still running so I shut it off and walked behind the car and it looked like glitter in the exhaust and on the floor behind the car.

I attempted to re-start the car and the check engine light came on and it won't re-start.

I have replaced Opti(GM from Cromer), ICM, Coil, Wires, and coolant temp sensor.

WTF is this glitter? Its metallic, but not magnetic. Engine sounds fine when it does run.

 

could be the pixie in your intake.




catalitic converter? usually white.

 

I wonder if the flakes is the titanium inside the catilytic converter?

 

Or is it platnium? Lol

 

From what I've heard, that's most likely your cat falling apart inside. Just my two cents

 

Cat coming apart...

 

I thought it was gold? Not being a smartass either lol

 

Gold is why cats are worth so much. My uncle salvages scrap metal and says gold is actually part of the cat.

 

Catalytic converters typically use platinum, rhodium, palladium, and cerium. No titanium, no gold.