P0420 Catalyst System Efficiency below Limit - Bank No 1.

Bank 1 is closest to the firewall. I believe this code will be caused by a bad reading from the downstream sensor, which is easiest to reach from under the car. Could also be a bad pre-cat. You could swap the downstream sensors between the front and rear manifolds to see if the problem moves to the other bank.

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Scott 95 SE-2.5L ATX (Sold, but not forgotten...)