My Check Engine LIght is on for few days.
and I went to Autozone to check it.
they said that my Catalytic Converter has problem. I may want to change it.
my question is that if I want to buy the part from dealer it asks around $480.
but I saw on ebay it has Catalytic Converter, too. and it fixes with my 98 2.3 CL.
Is it ok to buy the part online and go to body shop to replace it?
or u guys recommand me to go to body shop and ask them to order from dealer?

the price has a really big different.
plz help me soon..
I am going to fix it soon
thanks

 

order it yourself, cause if you order it from the stealership, you're gonna get wallet-raped

 

werd order a highflow cat for dirt

 

did it say cat below threshold? or did it say secondary o2/cat below threshold.? one is the secondary o2 sensor, which has no emission effect on your car, and the other is the cat goin down hill.

 

mine sais cat below threshold. Ive been neglecting getting the o2 censor replaced for a year now. When my check comes one ( every week or so ) i just reset the bitch. Its the o2 right after the header downpipe, right ?

 

yea thats the secondary or bank 2 o2 sensor. alot of people dont know but they are interchangeable, so if anyone has a primary go bad, swap them and you ll have a bad secondary but like i said before it has no running effect on the vehicle

 

If you swap the two wont you still throw a code because it is still reading the bad o2 sensor...Those little bastards arent cheap either, they are like 90 bucks a pop.

 

the code shows P0420

 

that is correct but it will throw a code for bank 2 o2 sensor being bad, and not bank 1 which is the one that curves your fuel ratio.

 

your cats bad..

i get that one all the time, ever since i have no damn cat

 

I made a thread like this earlier but hah no one really helped.

I'm having problems finding a shop that is willing to weld on the cat that I had already bought offline b/c it's not obd2 certified. Theres no o2 bung on the cat I have. Is it illegal to weld on a cat that isn't obd2 certified on our cars?

I don't care if my check engine light is on, I already can't pass smog due to my intake & header.

 

fuck it, ill just replace both. I might as well since im installing that dam h23 mani and shit. I also need to buy a fpr to get mo fuel in my engine ( but ill need a dyno to get the correct pressure without vacume ( its prolly gonna be around 40 psi )

 

this guy really knows his stuff..haha lolz. props..and my bad about bashing on you the last time. long time ago. but anyway i had the a problem on my cat aswell.....it said "cat below threshold"....dunno what that meant but the netting or filter thing inside the cat was melted and wasnt straight....also the the cat was making a lot of muffle sound. to the tread maker...does the car muffle? replace it....doesnt? change the o2 sensor....good luck

 

if you bought a cat online, is it a respected site? as far as i know. Its illegal to sell used cats....i guess it has to do with emissions....either way you should have one because it can help you out later on when your car is having problems. without it the ECU wont read, locate, and work properly. you can run a straight pipe from your headers to your muffler, but are you taking it to the track? lolz its loud...

 

I replace my cat already..
but after one week. the light still comes out while I am driving - _ -"
By the way . I bought my new cat in autozone. but it isn't direct fit my CL.
so the body shop was cuting the long part from old and welding it on my new cat.

the problem is the check engine light still on ~~
can anyway help me out ?

 

replace bank 2 o2 sensor.. the one inside the cat...

 

Had the same problem when I first got my CL, just order youself a quality cat and have a shop install it. Save your ass a grip over dealerships.

 

oh it was a cat for a teg. but the piping was the same size. Anyway I'm planning on getting the correct one, found it off a magnaflow website so that should fix it. hah definatly not taking this car out to the track, thats what my hatchie is for

 

whoooow girl racer..totally cool...how about them pics eh?

 

the civic i meant...and oh yeah..you can throw in your pics as a bonus too.. ahjahaj jk...lets see some pics of the civic...

 

I don't know how to post pics but lets try to find some old ones

 

a really bad picture of my cl, hah taken a few days ago. Notice it's x mas?





An age old picture of my eg, but... it's all I have now. Since then it's gotten some cosmetics. Jdm interior, side markers, cf mirrors & duckbill.


this is when I stripped it.......


for the JDM interior (I guess you have to be a hatch owner to know what the difference is.)


as of course I had to change this...


This is an old picture, I have a buddy club wheel now.

I think thats all i can dig up haha I'll post pics of my boost later or something

 

Ha, my first car was a '92 Civic Hatchback CX. That backseat looks quite a bit nicer than the stock one!

*Oh* how I miss that car. Though, the CL replaces it nicely.

 

my light is down now .. thx everyone ^^

 

Damn, Im having that same problem too I just went to my mechanic and they said the same damn thing!!! 430.00???!!!

high flow cat eh??
Would it make any difference in hp? All I have is a CAI on a 2.3 .
Thanks fellas