Dont know jack about accords so bare with me, yes i tried searching.

my gf's 98 4 cyl accord cat is clogged. I looked at i and the bung is in the cat, this is new to me. who makes a piece that doesnt require any welding?

tia

 

how many miles on your car? it is under warranty until 80,000 miles for that problem.

 

its at 118k.....go honda!

is it a wideband o2?

 

narrow band, neither oem cat or catsounds

 

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do you mean carsound? who might carry it or you know the part number?

 

so are the carsounds throwing cel's. ill be replacing the cat very soon on a 98 lx LEv AND IF I CAN GET AWAY WITH A HIGH FLOW without throwing cel's ever, then im all for it.
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i'm sure you could find a used factory cat from a 98+ chassis from someone here in socal / recycler for like 40 bucks. Perfect fit...just find one under 60k...

118k is kinda low for a honda cat to die in a stock runner. Did she ever put in diesel by accident? Or not change the oil that much? Did she buy this car used?

A dead cat @ 118k is a sign of things to come...

Edit: oops...i thought you were in socal


Modified by RotaryBzzzz at 2:53 AM 11/19/2003

 

hmmm, might not be the cat, thats what they told me what was wrong. i havent looked into it. where is the code jumper plug for these cars so i can read the cel?

 

a 98 needs an OBDII scanner to read the codes, under the steering wheel. Autozone will do it for free (if their employees feel like it).

It's most likely code PO 420: "Catalyst efficiency below Threshold"

I've been getting the same thing in our 99 Odyssey for 10k miles now. New cat is 259 shipped w/ 5yr 50k warranty from http://www.all-catalytic-converters.com/ .
Looks like yours would be 154.

Most recyclers wouldn't sell me the part beacuse it's an EPA mandated thing. I say BS. My fuel economy's still good, so I ordered an O2 simulator from http://www.accordinglydone.com for $42 shipped. I'll install it this weekend and let everyone know what happens.

FYI, 91k seems early for the cat to begin to fail, but the funny thing is, lot's of other Odyssey and V6 accord owners have had theirs replaced too. Hmmm......

 

ahh, ill stop by an atozone soon, thanks.

if thats it then i might just do a free fix and gut it, since its a secondary o2 it shouldnt affect the computer.