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Hi all please help if you can,

yesterday a strange dash light came on, I've never seen it on any other car but my skyline, it looks like a part of the exhaust with heat coming off it... anyone have any ideas as to what it might be??? its placed on the right side of the dash in the middle between the oil and battery lights, only recent mod done is an exhaust system - Trust PEII extreme with front pipe, standard Cat still on.

All advice is appreciated, thanks guys....

1)What does this light mean?

2)What is happening to the car exactly?

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http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/t163002.html

Its the catalytic converter "over temp" light.

Supposed to tell you to fit a new one, as the constant overheating of the cat will destroy it, causing a collapse.

If you just got a new cat back, its possibly not been connected back up.

As its a only a warning, and doesn't feed back into the ECU, you can just pull the dash globe.

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