'02 Echo cranking but not catching

[IllusionX]

It's probably just a frozen fuel line or something. It is very cold anyways.

Btw, since it is burning oil. Your cat might be plugged... I have had a cat get plugged after about 60000km by having oil leaking into the intake.

[tmontague]

Originally Posted by IllusionX

It's probably just a frozen fuel line or something. It is very cold anyways.

Btw, since it is burning oil. Your cat might be plugged... I have had a cat get plugged after about 60000km by having oil leaking into the intake.

I will try some gas line anti freeze if I can hear the fuel pump working. As cold as it is with windchill I would've been surprised if the ambient temps were enough to freeze the line.

The plugged Cat converter was definitely a possibility, however I ruled that out since I was under the impression that there is usually a period of rough idling/running before it gets bad enough to fully plug to where it wont start. I drove it for 80km last night highway and city and there was absolutely no problem. I drastically slowed the oil leak about 5 months ago when I cleaned the PCV valve and constantly check it. Now it only uses a moderate amount of oil (expected for 342,000km's) and doesn't have ditry smoke out of the tail pipe.

Would a plugged cat converter not show signs earlier?