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03-11-2010, 09:55 AM #1
check engine light
i want to take of my cats i dont have money for an off road y tho but i know id have to get mileliminators no money for that either so wats the next option? i was thinkin about turning it off with a scanner or code reader, but not sure will it work.......... car is 02 Z
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03-11-2010, 10:48 AM #2
Here, I would just cut out the cats and install a "test pipe" for a couple of bucks. Out in California you may be SOL on that. A tune can delete the rear O2 sensors so as not to trigger the SES light.
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03-11-2010, 11:01 AM #3
If you don't have the money to add supporting exhaust work, and a rear 02 delete, imho I'd leave it be.. You won't get it passed Ca. overly strict tree hugger laws anyways.. The gains from getting rid of your cats alone will be minute.. Just my .02 Good luck..
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03-12-2010, 06:30 AM #4
actually i went to a shop da dude said 80 to do it, i was like might as well get an ory but i still dont know y he was chargin dat much
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03-12-2010, 09:12 AM #5
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Why do you want to remove the cats ? Do you have a persistent SES light that won't stay off because of a bad cat ? If so, you should head on down to the Chevy dealer and see if your cat has been replaced already under their extended convertor warranty. If it has not been replaced, you can get it replaced for FREE !
I had this same problem a few months ago, and I got a new GM cat for $zero out of pocket.
Rip
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03-12-2010, 09:29 AM #6
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03-22-2010, 10:37 AM #7
I have the same problem, but I am removing my cats and putting in o2 simulators, no matter how many times I cleared the codes my check engine light always comes back on! Its annoying but my cats are also completely broken around the entire pipe! Bought my car dogged out from some dumb a$$
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03-22-2010, 12:55 PM #8
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03-25-2010, 11:44 AM #9
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03-26-2010, 12:57 PM #10
As far as i know my car has been programmed with shift points changed and all that... luckily i live in the boonies and can remove my cats with no tree hugger laws to get me. once i get the simulators in and the cats removed I will then get it tuned by frost. i have had him recommended many times now...
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03-26-2010, 07:27 PM #11
I want to do the same thing. How much just taking cats off help with stock Man's.But when I do it I will install LT's/ORY and have Frost tune it. Hate to Hi jack this thread..
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03-26-2010, 10:33 PM #12
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03-27-2010, 01:58 PM #13
If you don't have laws there, Why even worry about the sims? I really would not waist the money on them, Just pull the cats and run with the SES light on till you get a tune. I honestly think sims will be a waist for you....
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03-27-2010, 11:20 PM #14
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03-29-2010, 04:41 AM #15
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I just don't get it. . . If all you want is a louder exhaust note, why don't you just install a low restriction muffler and be done with it ? Screwing around with the computer, an ORY pipe, etc. is just gonna make the car run crappy - if you don't spend a whole bunch of money to do it right. The car, the computer, and the environment will be a whole lot happier if you just keep things close to what the engineers set up and designed in the first place. . .
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03-29-2010, 01:57 PM #16
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03-30-2010, 12:18 AM #17
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03-30-2010, 01:05 PM #18
well i got a 1 chamber muffler and dats it for now dats y im thinkin about pullin da cats
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03-30-2010, 11:42 PM #19
Well tomorrow I am having my cats taken off because they're bad and I do not qualify for the extanded warrnty gm put out. Too many miles. Also I am not gettings sims. Will be taking my car to get dyno tuned. Car is stock other than that. And yes I want the car louder and I do have some kind of exhaust that was put on before I got the car but I want that damn pesky ses light off. And my exhaust leak is extensive damage. Completely broken all the way around the pipe on both sides. Can't wait to have it fixed!!! Yay!!
Btw what in the heck is A mileliminator?
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03-31-2010, 04:45 AM #20
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