> Had the engine light come on and took it to the dealer, dealer says
> catalytic converter problem will cost $900, asked him to check to see if the
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> MC
Too late now. For future reference, the code for bad cat means the
engine computer didn't like the readings it was getting from the after-
cat O2 sensor. This means either the sensor is bad or the cat is bad,
or the wiring is bad. If you take it anywhere else, they will see the
same trouble codes, but they might be more consciencious about
actually troubleshooting the problem.
It sounds like, in your case, it was just a bad O2 sensor and they
probably didn't need to replace the cat. Good luck getting them to
own up to that. Far too many of these guys just replace whatever part
is addressed by the trouble code without actually diagnosing the
problem.
al - 10 Aug 2008 01:36 GMT
> > Had the engine light come on and took it to the dealer, dealer says
> > catalytic converter problem will cost $900, asked him to check to see if the
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You learned an expensive lesson. Codes don't tell you what part is at
fault. They tell you what parameter is out of specification. It is
then necessary to understand what the out of spec parameter means and
diagnose the problem to figure out what's wrong. The problem was the
front oxygen sensor - $50-100 part. You need to find somebody that
understands cars and not idiots that only know how to read codes and
start throwing parts at the car. Good luck. Al