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Anonny
| | Posted on Monday, September 09, 2002 - 02:05 pm: | 
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Not that anyone would... but if one were to cut off the catalytic converter, could the rear O2 sensor be fooled into reporting the correct voltages to the ECU so that no annoying check engine light would occur? Perhaps fooled by removing it, wrapping the element in aluminum foil or something, punching a few holes in the foil, securing the foil to the sensor with some kind of clip and reinstalling. Theoretically, the foil would reduce the amount of exhaust passing across the sensor element, thus reducing its output voltage. Would this work? Any thoughts?
--Anonny |
p m
| | Posted on Monday, September 09, 2002 - 02:33 pm: |
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yes
just a simple circuit using parts from radio shack would accomplish that. no pieces of foil flying around.
peter |
anonny
| | Posted on Monday, September 09, 2002 - 03:28 pm: |
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does anyone know the specs for the output of the sensors? Or how to make such a circuit? |
Peter Carey (Pcarey)
| | Posted on Monday, September 09, 2002 - 03:32 pm: |
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Are your cats bugging you THAT much?
pwc |
anonny
| | Posted on Monday, September 09, 2002 - 03:46 pm: |
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One is bad, the other will soon follow. truck has over 140k on it, and I don't have $700-$1400. So, yeah, I guess it's bugging me alot. |
John Cinquegrana (Johnc)
| | Posted on Monday, September 09, 2002 - 04:06 pm: |
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Yeah, but you could get new cats for under $120... |
Peter Carey (Pcarey)
| | Posted on Monday, September 09, 2002 - 04:15 pm: |
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And it'd be less work than trying to figure out how to trick the system.
pwc |
Dave_Lucas (Dave_Lucas)
| | Posted on Monday, September 09, 2002 - 04:52 pm: |
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Umm, couldn�t you just bust out the ceramic in the cats? |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Monday, September 09, 2002 - 08:39 pm: |
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why no dave, that's illegal  |
Mark Smith (Msmith)
| | Posted on Monday, September 09, 2002 - 10:21 pm: |
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where can you get new cats for under $120? I wanna know. I'm sure I'll need some soon enough. I think this guy's idea might just work though.
-Mark |
Chris Browne
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 12:43 am: |
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Catco generic cats from Summit racing....you might even find a local meinke or similar that has them in stock and will fit them up
Take a look at the d90.com list for one person's experience |
Parrish R. Blackmon (Discoveryfl)
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 10:08 pm: |
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What happens when the rear O2 sensors are unplugged? Will there be any engine performance problems? Can't I just take out the check engine light to save the annoyance? I want to cut the two down to one super flow convertor. |
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