Blocked Cat Converter
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Blocked Cat Converter
Hey guys I have a 2006 F-150 with the 5.4L. I got the check engine light and the computer says catalyst defeincy bank 2. So I assume the passenger side converter is blocked. Is there anyway to either take out the cat and replace with a peice of straight pipe and bypass the o2 sensors or take the cat out of the housing and put the housing in and then bypass the o2 sensors. Help. Thanks
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How many miles?
Cats are covered by a long warranty. 8/80 for cats.
You can't bypass the sensors. You have to buy some simulator that feeds the false info into ecu.
Why would they fail? Have you done an exhaust pressure test? At about 4 min on the second video they finally show the backpressure, and they only want 1 psi backpressure on this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TlygJMxTps&feature=related[/URL]
Finally at about 4:00 they hook up the gauge. 1 psi backpressure is what they were looking for. You need to pull a sensor ahead of the cat in your case:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QvR5Nqun4g&feature=related
Cats are covered by a long warranty. 8/80 for cats.
You can't bypass the sensors. You have to buy some simulator that feeds the false info into ecu.
Why would they fail? Have you done an exhaust pressure test? At about 4 min on the second video they finally show the backpressure, and they only want 1 psi backpressure on this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TlygJMxTps&feature=related[/URL]
Finally at about 4:00 they hook up the gauge. 1 psi backpressure is what they were looking for. You need to pull a sensor ahead of the cat in your case:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QvR5Nqun4g&feature=related
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To the OP: Did you do a backpressure test?
Simulators? just google it, you'll find millions. OK, hundreds, like this:
O2 Sensor Simulator
MAGNUM Car - Truck Performance Chips - Oxygen O2 Sensor Simulators
Check out who you buy from, these seem to smell of snake oil and I wouldn't doubt some are junk.
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Don't assume it's a blocked cat, like others said, do a pressure test... You could just have have a defective oxygen sensor (hell there are 4 of them!). It takes quite a bit to plug a cat so look into the problem a little further before you start trying to trick the computer or go hacking away at your exaust system.
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Don't assume it's a blocked cat, like others said, do a pressure test... You could just have have a defective oxygen sensor (hell there are 4 of them!). It takes quite a bit to plug a cat so look into the problem a little further before you start trying to trick the computer or go hacking away at your exaust
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