Originally posted by horseydug:
Would be helpful in responding if you could post; the actual trouble codes the dealership retrieved, also whether you have experienced DPFE exhaust pressure hoses coming off.
They didn't give me the trouble codes. :P All it says on the report they gave me is "Tested Cat. Cat efficiency low."
And no, no pressure hose coming off.
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Emissions warranty, which covers cats, is 8yrs/80,000 miles.
There was also a recall on these for '95/'96 cars, so dealer should have checked if recall had been done or was still applicable.
Recall was already done. This car has been under dealer care since purchase...
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The pre-cats are in each of the exhaust manifolds and then there is the main cat under car. Replacement of all of them would be in the $2,000+ range you quote.
Eeek. I can just see the labor pile up on that one... But I guess my question is WHICH cat needs to be replaced, right? I mean, it's normal for the dealer to tell me "all of them", which I only want SOME of them?
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Alternate solution wouild be to gut the pre-cats and replace only main cat but you would first have to research how that would affect passing your State's emissions tests.
This is California... Unlikely, esp. with the new SMOG2 coming online soon, but one can hope...
So most of that is just labor, right?
Just a plain jane '96 LX V-6 here...
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