Dead cat?
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Dead cat? Well, arg. This sucks. SES light again today. I have heard "an exhaust leak" for a while now right where my "Bank 2" cat lives. It sounds like a Honda Civic with a fart-can at idle if you stick your head RIGHT by the muffler (almost dead on description) ptrptrptrptr kinda throaty. Sorta like a bycycle card in bike-spokes. Could this be the crap in the cat clogged/whatnot and causing the SES light? I am going to take it to GM and get my free cat if this is the case!
From my latest escapades with my o2 sensors I have figured out that you will never get a code from an o2 telling you there is something going on on that side of the car.
The o2's will give codes like "bank 1/2 rich/lean", or more probable if it was a bad cat, "catalyst deficiency bank 1/2". If a code says something about an o2, then that o2 is bad. So you did the right thing IMO. Get the code and post it up, you know we'll have the answers for ya.
The o2's will give codes like "bank 1/2 rich/lean", or more probable if it was a bad cat, "catalyst deficiency bank 1/2". If a code says something about an o2, then that o2 is bad. So you did the right thing IMO. Get the code and post it up, you know we'll have the answers for ya.
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From: Schiller Park (NW burb of Chicago)
Originally Posted by WS6NIGHTMARE
From my latest escapades with my o2 sensors I have figured out that you will never get a code from an o2 telling you there is something going on on that side of the car.
The o2's will give codes like "bank 1/2 rich/lean", or more probable if it was a bad cat, "catalyst deficiency bank 1/2". If a code says something about an o2, then that o2 is bad. So you did the right thing IMO. Get the code and post it up, you know we'll have the answers for ya.
The o2's will give codes like "bank 1/2 rich/lean", or more probable if it was a bad cat, "catalyst deficiency bank 1/2". If a code says something about an o2, then that o2 is bad. So you did the right thing IMO. Get the code and post it up, you know we'll have the answers for ya.
Originally Posted by GreenBlood
hey man, the OP should have ur name because all his car seems to be is a nightmare...no offense to the OP, just joking around...
And I dont even have a WS6 anymore!
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My car has the most jacked up issues. Water pump, fuel pump, IAC, window motor, wheel bearings, O2 sensor, now whatever this SES issue is. Sigh. You bastards told me I would be okay after i got the kinks worked out...every week something else goes wrong. *YIM crying smily*
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An exhaust leak wouldnt mean a cat is going bad, and I dont really know what sound your talking about. Do you feel any type of performance loss? earlier you said you replaced an 02 sensor, their might be a chance you just got a defective senor. best bet would be to get the SES light read post the code and we will have a better idea what it is.
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Get the code scanned before you think anymore about it. Really there is no point in debating the "what ifs" and "could it be" since you have a DTC that can possibily answer those questions.
You, of all people, really need to get your own scanner.
Seems like you'd be using it every day. 
You, of all people, really need to get your own scanner.
Seems like you'd be using it every day. 
I was hoping to open up this thread and see something like this...
But seriously; You need to quickly sell that car and then buy another one. You just got a bad luck one.
A low voltage o2 code would mean there is an electrical problem, not a bad cat. You need to find out which code is set. It could just be a EVAP code or something.
But seriously; You need to quickly sell that car and then buy another one. You just got a bad luck one.
A low voltage o2 code would mean there is an electrical problem, not a bad cat. You need to find out which code is set. It could just be a EVAP code or something.
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Originally Posted by WS6NIGHTMARE
Thats the attitude! 
P0157
O2 Sensor
Circuit Low Volts
(Bank 2 Sensor 2)
I have already replaced this sensor 20 miles ago(for this same code, yes it was cleared, came back in 20 miles-ish). WTF?!
^there is the "new" code, same as the old.
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Originally Posted by BLKWS.6
Yes, sadly it is something I have had to learn since I have always owned a Ford product. I am not used to all this "normal breakage" ****.
...just like most GMs around here don't break as often as yours.....
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
News flash.......Just because your Fords didn't break often, doesn't mean that some others don't.
...just like most GMs around here don't break as often as yours.....
...just like most GMs around here don't break as often as yours.....
My car used to rattle on acceleration. NO, NOT the typical POS GM rattle, but like something was loose...they blamed the O2's...my car doesnt rattle anymore now...hrrmmmm....cat finalyl clogged maybe? Who knows. I will take it by and let them look at it/replace it. It's free to get a new cat.
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Originally Posted by BLKWS.6
WHo cares?
But you're right. GM sucks. Everything they build is a piece of ****. Guess that's why they've sold more cars than any other auto manufacturer in the world for DECADES now, all the way though the close of 2006.
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
You're right. I don't know why I bother. You are a lost cause. 10,000 people can tell you that they don't see constant issues like yours, but you are still absolutely sure that GMs have "problems" because you have a lemon. Guess I just get sick of your GM bashing.
But you're right. GM sucks. Everything they build is a piece of ****. Guess that's why they've sold more cars than any other auto manufacturer in the world for DECADES now, all the way though the close of 2006.
But you're right. GM sucks. Everything they build is a piece of ****. Guess that's why they've sold more cars than any other auto manufacturer in the world for DECADES now, all the way though the close of 2006.
Anyways. Could this be a cat? If it is, hell, its free. Do clogged cats make a sound? (I am glad this is an automotive forum or that would have sounded very odd...)
Reason I think it is a cat is this "exhaust leak" sound and the O2 code came hand in hand. Odds?
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From: Schiller Park, ILL Member: #317
Originally Posted by BLKWS.6
China produces the most people-per-capita. Should we all pick up and move to the superior country?
I'm going to bed.
