plugged cat

Danton J.A. Cardoso djacardoso at gmail.com
Thu Feb 28 12:16:01 PST 2008


As do I, in rural Missouri, no emissions test.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Mike Arman <Armanmik at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>  Regarding removal of pollution control and other/various smog control
>  devices, I *think* the Feds say that shops can't remove them at all, but
>  owners can if the car is more than 5 years old and (or) has at least
>  50,000 miles on it.
>
>  Notwithstanding the federal regs, there are states that require this
>  stuff to work no matter what the age or the mileage (California comes to
>  mind) and there are other states/local jurisdictions that don't care as
>  long as the car passes the sniff test, and there are places that don't
>  care period.
>
>  That said, remember that the ECU expects and is programmed for certain
>  conditions of operation (back pressure should be X, air inlet temp
>  should be Y, and so forth), so that removing the cat may upset something
>  else in these notably picky and finicky cars.
>
>  I'd suggest pulling the codes first. That will tell you what's really
>  wrong with the car. The "check engine" light is like a baby crying, all
>  it tells you is that something is wrong, not WHAT is wrong.
>
>  Dealers tend not to like simple repairs, they don't make much money on
>  them. It is much more profitable for them to claim the cat is plugged
>  and you need a new one (or two) at $,$$$ and they'll fix the one-wire
>  plug that fell off (which is the actual problem) as they install your
>  new exhaust system.
>
>  Personally, I like the Florida inspection system - none.
>
>  Best Regards,
>
>  Mike Arman
>  90V8Q
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