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[DV8mAn]

Check engine light went off on its own.  Been dealing with this for the past 18 months.  Code is slow response from secondary O2 sensor.  Changed it 3 times.....  light still comes on when the car is in a bad mood.  It's pissing me off, everytime it comes on the car goes into limp mode.  I hear TDI in my dreams at night..

[slipkord]

nice pics guys!

Humpin car pics are always nice, however I'd like to see some chicks do this...LOL

[exelr8]

Glad it went out Jason. Is there any way you can completely get rid of it? Intermittent problems are the worst problems to try to fix


Now I am not holding out on you guys as far as pics go but I ordered something today to help me with an appearance that I want to have hahahahahaha I am waiting on what I bought to ship and after that, I have a pretty easy mod(if you want to call it that)

[rip_cord]

DIESEL POWER!!!!!

Too bad there aren't that many options for diesel passenger cars.  
I wonder how much a diesel Honda engine from the Euro market would cost......and then put it in a Civic/CRX + nitrous + propane....

Big Mike has a secret (I don't believe it).  How is Riverbend treating you?

[rip_cord]

it's also matt's birthday today

[slipkord]

My dad just showed up in my driveway in a black 06 TDI, we took it down the road, that thing will get up and go, for a stock dub diesel. plus, it'll get 45 on the hwy ftw!!

[exelr8]

Jeremy, you and matt are turbo diesels hahahaha(insult) TDI=Superb mpg  VW= fart wrong and watch the CEL come on. With the TDI watch out for the CEL for the glo-plugs, they can come on for a faulty tail light hahahaha

[rocketstarter]

haha great pics.

bank02 slow response is most likely due to your CAT being packed with carbon. The opposite is bank02 low efficiency.

if your secondary was defective you'd get a reading saying bank02 no response

thanks ricardo! too bad you couldn't makt it up here

You alive from riverbend Big M?

[rocketstarter]

AND WHERE THE FUCK IS SETH?

[exelr8]

Riverbend is killing me i had to break up a fight last ngiht and almost got hit by a lesbo with a studded belt wrapped around her fist it was not pretty

[slipkord]

Lesbo fighting ftw!!

[DV8mAn]

bank02 slow response is most likely due to your CAT being packed with carbon. The opposite is bank02 low efficiency.

if your secondary was defective you'd get a reading saying bank02 no response

Anyway to clean it out or is it time for a new cat??

[slipkord]

I just can't see you needing a new cat already, I had a bank2 code and I just replaced the 02 sensor which was around 100 bucks.

[rocketstarter]

bank02 slow response is most likely due to your CAT being packed with carbon. The opposite is bank02 low efficiency.

if your secondary was defective you'd get a reading saying bank02 no response

Anyway to clean it out or is it time for a new cat??

how many miles? Honda uses one of the most dense catalytyic converters on the market, if you take it off one day you'll know what I mean. It's not uncommon to get only 100 - 130k out of it.

Carbon cleaning does not reach into the CAT, I know this from first hand experience so don't blow any money on it. to let it soak is a lightly acidic solution and pressure wash it out is more trouble then it's worth. And even then I can't promise that the shell won't get corroded, I know the guts won't.

You could gut it and use 2-3 spark plug anti-foulers on the secondary O2 but you'd lose a little low-end torque and gain only 1 pony on the very top since you'll have a big chamber where the exhaust gases cool down and disrupt the exhaust velocity, kind of an opposite of a bottle neck.

A new CAT is prolly around 130 bucks. Random Tech cat is close to 250. However a high-flow should be only around 75, if the exhaust shop can weld 2 flanges on to it for you to replicate the size of your stock CAT you should be able to save for a night of drinking and go another 150-200k until your exhaust rusts away.

hope this helps

[DV8mAn]

I have 147,000 miles on my original cat.  Not going to waste the time to clean if its only a couple hundred bucks.  The OEM is around $500, any suggestions where to source a cheaper option?