Howdy,

I was talking a friend who recently purchased a used '03 X PSD. His X was first bought in Ohio and then somehow made its way to Texas where he bought it used. My friend claims this vehicle didn't have a catalytic converter?

My county, city, or state (Travis County, Austin, TX) recently instituted emission controls/validation as part of the annual vehicle inspection. Do I need to worry about or ensure any used X with a PSD needs to have a catalytic converter? I would have thought such a device is standard on all U.S. vehicles (at least consumer oriented vehicles).

One of the vehicles I have my eye on is in New Mexico and don't want to have spend extra $$$ to add some additional devices to make it comply with new emission expectations if it doesn't have a catalytic converter.

Perhaps I am being paranoid or my friend's X is just a special case and someone removed the catalytic converter (or he is mistaken and it still has the device).

Anyone have any insight?

Thank you very much,

Carlton

 

geesh carlton! if it's a 6.0 it should have a cat--7.3's do not- so no worry mate!

 

I have an early 99 F250 7.3 that came with a cat. I believe the cat came on the X (could be wrong). Or they may have upgraded to a bigger exhaust and deleted the cat.
I would check with the testing authority......you may end up putting a cat back on. I don't this this should hinder your purchase, just be prepared to have one put on.

 

i gotta 2001 ex and 2001 f350-both are stockers w/out cats, jfh me thinks yer thinkin bout a resonator--6.0's again, are cat equipped-not the 7.3