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Old Sep 25, 2009 | 11:56 PM
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Default Catalyst low efficiency?

Earlier coming home i hit a huge dip.
It was horrible. CEL came on.
i ran the code and it came up,
Catalyst low efficiency. What does
that mean?
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 12:34 AM
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Default Re: Catalyst low efficiency?

no real idear. but isn't the stuff in the cat called catalyst? maybe try the 2ed o2
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 12:38 AM
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Default Re: Catalyst low efficiency?

google the code, you'll get a detailed walk through
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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the cat is not working like it should. low efficiency not cleaning up the exhaust polluntants like it should... prob bad cat or downstream o2 sensor
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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catalyst efficiency i believe is the cat converter, which means if you have that code your obd2, so you need to check what you damaged underneath the car. Hopefully you didnt rip the sensor wire out or something along that line.
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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Crawl underneath and check your sensor for damage. If it is not, then pull your cat and look at it to see if the honeycomb is damaged.
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