jman30513

after all my bad idle probs ive just now got a CEL #67 (obd2)
any input here?
i have a bad erratic idle and smells rich as hell at idle and has some stalling while accelerating
the guy i bought my car from said he may have gutted the cat
some help please guys
jman

J-MAN

lol, what a coincedence he he gutted the cat. the code is for "Catalyst System efficiency below threshold". so that would probly be the problem.

MikeJ-2009

But he's not sure. hahahahaha

Cray91

Your questions always seem to answer themselves

jman30513

well its hard to always figure things out when ya have 3 kids and work 55+ hours...i just like to know before i go tearing in

so youre saying just replace the cat...not the O2s?

i dont have much time to do this so id like to be sure thats all

jman

projekteg

your options are:

1) replace cat (1,000 dollars from teh dealership)
2) get an o2 simulator (designed for gutting the cat without getting cel)
3) quit being a vagina and convert to obd1


yes, if you're getting that cel, there's about a 99% chance the guy gutted the cat and a 1% chance the sensor is bad.

jman30513

i have all that i need for the obd1 conversion but when i hooked it up i get a CEL 14....98 ex does not need to convert the IACV so i dont no what to do

jman