catalytic converters

[gasbottle]

my rover 400 diesel has been showing the emissions control light (shape of an engine) intermittently - with a corresponding loss of power - could this be a failure of the catalytic converter? - the cars done 140k miles

 

[Burnerman]

I think the fault is more likely to be in the exhaust gas recirculating system, air mass meter or turbo - but the fault will be logged as a code in the cars on board computer, and its worth having that read before you start throwing money randomly at it. At least it will give you some idea!
John

 

[jetex]

The trouble with Rover's is that the 16 pin diagnostic plug is wired differently to every other manufacturers, so you may have to find a Rover specialist who has the correct equipment to diagnose your vehicle.