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Old Apr 16, 2008 | 09:09 PM
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cats and E-tests! help!

Just sold my pickup today and the deal breaker was I would etest the truck (1994 F150 302).

I gutted the cats over a year ago because they were plugged and now I am wondering if a single aftermarket cat will work?? I would just cut in the single cat behind the stock.



Need to get this done by the end of the week! fingers are crossed hope she passes!
 
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Sweet!! was never really sure why there are 2 cats from factory? that was worrying me.
 
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Old Apr 21, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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I used $60 universal Magnaflow and didn't have any problems (well with the cat anyways).
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 11:07 PM
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1988 f350 460 cat shell, no insides, passed DEQ
 
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Thumbs up A gamble but it may pass.

Originally Posted by JRCF
Just sold my pickup today and the deal breaker was I would etest the truck (1994 F150 302).

I gutted the cats over a year ago because they were plugged and now I am wondering if a single aftermarket cat will work?? I would just cut in the single cat behind the stock.



Need to get this done by the end of the week! fingers are crossed hope she passes!
I have a car and had a local exhaust system Shop remove the Cat and went straight from the Exhaust Manifold straight to a Flowmaster Hi-Flow Muffler and it passed with flying colors. Primarily it was because the Emissions Technician did not even look underneath for a Cat. When I asked the Muffler Shop I asked the owner if I should keep the Cat just in case and he showed it to me at was completely deteriorated inside and worthless.

A trick that I learned from the car Forum is to change the oil, no more than a half-tank of fuel and make sure that the engine is at normal operating temperature prior to the test.

It worked for me but you will have to decide.

Mark
 
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