I killed my cat

[CSVT.UA.SHO]

So today while coming home from class, my car starts to run very rough. I have narrowed it down to the cat being shot (small peices of metal coming out of my exhaust) and i was wondering if if get the cat cut off and a peice of pipe welded in (until I can get real aftermarket exhaust) will the 'tour throw a cel light?

1998 CSVT
2.5 HO V6
stock exhaust

any other info needed from me, just let me know!!

 

[yamaha racer 686]

probally becuase one of the o2 senors isnt going to be there. i think im right but sumone will jump in and correct me

 

[muntus]

There are three catalytic converters on the car. Better be sure which one it is before you start with the sawzall.

 

[fobCSVT]

HAHA I tought that this thread would be something like

Yesterday I started my car and my cat was in the engine bay and it was squeezed in the pulleys LOL

 

[MCconnection cc]

You can't go with out the main cat. There is an 02 sensor that will fry if you don't have a main cat.

 

[muntus]

You can't go with out the main cat. There is an 02 sensor that will fry if you don't have a main cat.

Lots of people run their cars without the main cat.(I wouldn't recommend it)

All four of the o2 sensors are located before the main cat. I don't see how removing the main cat would affect any of those sensors. It certainly wouldn't cause one of them to fry.

 

[BrandonSVT99]

I'm runninng w/o a cat (trubendz testpipe) and there was no codes for me,The exhaust note got a little deeper and louder which I liked(borla cat-back)and I noticed sum pefromance up top when the exhaust really started to flow.So my answer would be call trubendz and get there testpipe($70) or go to your local muffler shop and have them weld on a pipe,you won't have any problems with it.

 

[Tony2005]

" I killed my cat"

Ok, I just reported you to the ASPCA. :laugh: .

If you mean the main cat, the one under the seats, then taking it out should not throw a code at all. There have been some discussions about backpressure or what nots but the pre-cats should be able to handle that. And there was not conclusion on that.

If you do throw a CEL code, it would probably be the pre-cats and mileliminators will take care of that.

Mileliminator installation in M&M how to.
http://www.contour.org/ceg-vb/showthread.php?t=760

 

[CSVT.UA.SHO]

Well to end the story of my cat, I ended up finding out it was the main cat, and yes i sawzawed it off, and had a local place patch it up. (I must say, it runs a bit better now.) in the process, I found that the bolt for my front motor mount (the one that goes therough the bicuit insert) was missing. anybody know a part # on this or any info?

all autozone told me was that it is a grade 8 bolt....or needs to be.