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Catalytic converter clean

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2011 Jeep Patriot 2.4 l has been struggling and seems like it's choking a bit upon acceleration took her to a mechanic he said it may be the Cadillac converter got an appointment in 2 weeks I'm going to try something here and I'll let you guys know what happens right away I'm going to take a gallon of lacquer thinner I'm going to mix it with half a tank of gas and drive for like 200 MI it's supposed to clean that thing out I'll let you know either way if it doesn't work mechanic said it probably need to be replaced anyway so we'll see