Hello all,

Recently, my 53plate typeR that has 120000 miles on it, has been down on performance.

If/when I'm doing 80mph on the motorway in 6th, it has a hard job to get to 90mph and then feels very restricted. Even dropping a gear to 5th doesn't help to get past 5000rpm. Lower speeds are not a problem as it whizzes up to national speed limit no problem albeit without revs anywhere near VTEC zone.

The oil level is checked on a very regular basis.

I'm no mechanic, but I wonder if the CAT is on it's way out? It is the original one and 8 years old so I wouldn't be surprised.

The tyre and exhaust place near to where I work say that the outside of CAT will be discoloured if it is damaged, but only an emissions check will properly show any end of life signs.

Hope somebody else can help with this before I take car and credit card to Honda.

Mark.