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Aug 24, 2006 | 04:46 PM

Wicked illusions

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Service engine light?

my service engine light came on yesterday after racing a 350Z. I scaned it the code today at autozone and it read 1out of 2 but it wasthe same code.P0430 catalastic efficiency below threshold(bank2) anybody know whats wrong? 02sensors or cats?I deleted the code and its been of so far but I am afraid it might come back. does this affect the cars perf. in any way? should I get this fixed ASAP?

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Aug 24, 2006 | 05:09 PM

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if your car is less than 8 years old and less than 80k..the dealer will replace the cat...it went bad...not a big deal, the light will come back on roughly 70 miles after you deleted it.

Aug 24, 2006 | 05:24 PM

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I bought mine 4 months ago(financed)an the warranty wasnt tranferable. so can i still get the dealer to change them?

Aug 24, 2006 | 05:33 PM

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Don't need to be the original owner, it's covered under the federal emissions warranty if you're under 80K. P0430 is the passenger side cat.

Aug 24, 2006 | 05:45 PM

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I was thinking of taking it to the track.would it be safe or should I fix it first?

Aug 24, 2006 | 06:21 PM

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Post cat 02 codes don't affect performance, but if it's partially clogged/rattling/coming apart inside could slow you down.

Aug 24, 2006 | 07:38 PM

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you'll be fine..it jsut means your cat isn't working...unless it rattles really hard, it might cause some knock retard, but I highly doubt that is possible. I bought my car at 50k..drove 120 miles and the check engine light came on for that..got it replaced, drove 3k miles..same ****. i drove 3k miles the second time.

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Aug 24, 2006 | 09:10 PM

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I've hered some rattleling on and off but its a slight rattle only when at idle.

your cat pretty much gutted itself.... don't worry about it, if you want a new one..just go to the dealer..as long as your aren't more than 8 years old and hav eless than 80k, if you are above those, call up a local tuner and see how much they'll charge you to tune out the rear o2s, then you can jsut gut the cats if you wish.