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Old 10-25-2005, 05:15 AM
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Default No catalytic converter.....running no codes?????

This weekend my cat broke...clogged the exhaust pipe so i had to get it towed. The cat was hollowed out till the new one comes so the car can be drove in a pinch, but I'm running no engine codes. I have a 2.8 but I only had one 3in in/out magnaflow cat from when i redid the exhaust this summer. Possible reasons for not running codes? Maybe the o2 sensors don't go far enough into the pipe? Just trying to figure this problem out since i think it might lead to why my cat died.

Some of the internals of the cat had a little black clogged part. Does this mean gas go in there? Thanks for the help in advance!
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isnt emissions system under warranty for a certain number of years?
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7 years 70k emissions warranty whichever comes first.
Old 10-25-2005, 05:41 AM
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How many miles have you put on? IIRC, it takes a while to throw a code for bad/no cat.
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2nd. Mine took a while to pop up.
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Default I thought it was 8 years/80K miles?

At least thats what I thought the Federal Emissions Warranty was, I have warrantied parts within that frame before.
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i have put 150 miles on the car since, and have almost 130k on the odometer
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