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Old 07-14-2008, 11:08 AM   #6457
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Originally Posted by AZMaxima53 View Post
My regular mechanic thinks the cat converter in my 2001 GXE needs replacing. I took it in for an intermittent P0420 code. They checked the cat, and think it's bad. I called the dealer to pick their brain, and he thinks that something else (I'm sorry, I forget what he said) MIGHT be causing the cat to look worse on testing than it really is, so I am going to let them check it, too. The car runs fine. If the cat IS bad, what would I notice in terms of how the car runs, mileage, etc.?
if the cat has deteriorated and has not clogged anything you shouldnt notice anything different than the smell of your exhaust and a ses from secondary o2's
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