99 TL Catalytic Converter R&R HELP!!!
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99 TL Catalytic Converter R&R HELP!!!
Can somebody PLEASE point me in the right direction for a cat for our car in CA?!?!?!? My last one went out after 2 short years. Can I go aftermarket? How serious is the smog check with the laws out here? HELP PLZ REGISTRATION DUE and I don't know where to go.
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I'd try a spark plug non-fouler on the back o2 sensor. I don't know how thorough california's visual inspection is, but you will probably have good tailpipe readings with the non-fouler installed. 2 years out of an aftermarket convertor isn't all that bad. Some of them will set a cel right out of the box. Check around; you may have an extended warranty on your convertor.
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I'd try a spark plug non-fouler on the back o2 sensor. I don't know how thorough california's visual inspection is, but you will probably have good tailpipe readings with the non-fouler installed. 2 years out of an aftermarket convertor isn't all that bad. Some of them will set a cel right out of the box. Check around; you may have an extended warranty on your convertor.
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2000 Acura TL
FWIW, I change an aftermarket CAT on my Odyssey van and it passed smog, but then six months later code came back, so then went with non-fouler route and no code since, but have yet been back for smog with non-fouler.
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As far as I know it is illegal to install any aftermarket cat on a vehicle equiped with OBDII (post 1995 i think) in cali. However with aftermarket cats at $200, high-flow cats at $300, and the stock cat at $1500, most would probably try an aftermarket solution and hope they don't get too nosy during the visual inspection.
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I agree with quinn; the last I read, there was no aftermarket cat legal in california. I think that is recent because you could go aftermarket previously. I think the minimum, federally mandated warranty every cat mfgr. must offer is 24 months, so get yours warrantied.
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As far as I know it is illegal to install any aftermarket cat on a vehicle equiped with OBDII (post 1995 i think) in cali. However with aftermarket cats at $200, high-flow cats at $300, and the stock cat at $1500, most would probably try an aftermarket solution and hope they don't get too nosy during the visual inspection.
I agree with quinn; the last I read, there was no aftermarket cat legal in california. I think that is recent because you could go aftermarket previously. I think the minimum, federally mandated warranty every cat mfgr. must offer is 24 months, so get yours warrantied.
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But as far as aftermarket reliability, what are our options...Xlr8 hfc? Any others?
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They will all work reliably with regard to engine performance. As far as setting a p0420 code most of the aftermarket cats will only reliably keep the cel off if a spark plug non-fouler is added. Sometimes they will be ok for a few months up to a couple years, as the emaka9 has experienced. The factory cats cost 3 or 4 times what an aftermarket sells for, but will usually go as long as the original before setting a cel. With the xlr8 cat you get increased performance and a little louder sound as a bonus.
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They will all work reliably with regard to engine performance. As far as setting a p0420 code most of the aftermarket cats will only reliably keep the cel off if a spark plug non-fouler is added. Sometimes they will be ok for a few months up to a couple years, as the emaka9 has experienced. The factory cats cost 3 or 4 times what an aftermarket sells for, but will usually go as long as the original before setting a cel. With the xlr8 cat you get increased performance and a little louder sound as a bonus.
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Just bumping to see what you ended up doing emaka9.
I just went though smog with my stock cat and now am thinking about headers and high flow cat for the next two years. I watched the inspection--he never looked under the vehicle. With the shroud over an aftermarket cat i think i could pass visual. I'd also have two years to figure out a good solution to obscure the headers. hmm...
I just went though smog with my stock cat and now am thinking about headers and high flow cat for the next two years. I watched the inspection--he never looked under the vehicle. With the shroud over an aftermarket cat i think i could pass visual. I'd also have two years to figure out a good solution to obscure the headers. hmm...
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Just bumping to see what you ended up doing emaka9.
I just went though smog with my stock cat and now am thinking about headers and high flow cat for the next two years. I watched the inspection--he never looked under the vehicle. With the shroud over an aftermarket cat i think i could pass visual. I'd also have two years to figure out a good solution to obscure the headers. hmm...
I just went though smog with my stock cat and now am thinking about headers and high flow cat for the next two years. I watched the inspection--he never looked under the vehicle. With the shroud over an aftermarket cat i think i could pass visual. I'd also have two years to figure out a good solution to obscure the headers. hmm...
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I would like to have the XLR8 one, but not with stock exhaust. I want to do headers, xlr8 cat, and exhaust, all at once. But that's way too much right now. So for now, I'm using this pos cat...
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