I have been having an intermittent power loss, sluggishness in my 95 gl 2.0 130k miles contour.. im wondering if the cats have finally given up, but im not absolutely sure.. the power loss so far is very rare, it only happens once every few weeks, but when it does the car will hesitate for about half second, then i would hear an audible "pop!" noise, and then a surge of acceleration, as though there was something holding the car back.. wierd.
... the pop noise might be backfiring.. i dont know, its not real loud, but you can hear it inside the car..
somone help me confirm this.. when i searched, the posts that i found seem to describe the problem, but none mentioned any backfiring or noises... how much are the cats? can someone ballpark parts and labor for me?
much appreciated.
