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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 01:02 PM
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I was trying to get my rear o2 sensor out and it took some leg muscle. and i think i i may have clogged my cat up from knocking on teh wrench. it will drive fine then if i pin it or get around 4k the motor is loud but it just doesnt accelerate like it should and i also got like 116 an a half tank of gas. and i have 31s in a 3 inch lift
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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Do you have a question?

Try pulling the cat, if you can't see through it a bit, its toast.
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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get a new one... they make high flow "bullet" cats for cheap.
DO NOT remove it, or this thread will end up like the one a few posts down from this.
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 01:16 PM
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Oky could i just punch it out weld another bolt so the o2 sensor sticks out a little bit. or just replace it
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Topjimmyk
Oky could i just punch it out weld another bolt so the o2 sensor sticks out a little bit. or just replace it
What? Punch what out? Weld a bolt where, for what? Why do you want your o2 sensor to stick out?

Pull your cat, if you can't see through it a bit or if the guts are rattling around, then its toast and needs to be replaced. As already stated, you can get cheap "high flow" cats, some on here have found them for less than $75.
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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If the exhaust stinks like rotten eggs, the cat is plugged...or shot.
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 02:49 PM
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Oky could i just punch it out weld another bolt so the o2 sensor sticks out a little bit. or just replace it
Don't do that ******** go buy a new one and replace it.Otherwise this website will have to report you to the federal mvd and you will receive a hefty fine plus possiable jail time,So I'd just replace with a new one.Name:  1hifu.gif
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 02:52 PM
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If the exhaust stinks like rotten eggs, the cat is plugged...or shot.
I dont think thats right I beleive if it smells the newer it is but this is something to check into .Cause they sell a deorderizer for the rotten egg smell.
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Don't do that ******** go buy a new one and replace it.Otherwise this website will have to report you to the federal mvd and you will receive a hefty fine plus possiable jail time,So I'd just replace with a new one.Attachment 25911
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

"This website will have to report you to the feds!!"



Come get me, pal. [shakes head]
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 02:55 PM
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Ya ill just buy a new one. if i buy the universal one is the rear o2 sensor that important on a 98?
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

"This website will have to report you to the feds!!"



Come get me, pal. [shakes head]
I wasn't talking to you there simple one and it was a joke there internet tough guy. Some people shouldn't be allowed to show there IQ's
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Originally Posted by Topjimmyk
Ya ill just buy a new one. if i buy the universal one is the rear o2 sensor that important on a 98?
You should be able to get a hole set up for a good price and it will reduce the headache part of a peiced together exhaust which will leak and just be a pita to get together.g/l
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Originally Posted by rich
I wasn't talking to you there simple one and it was a joke there internet tough guy. Some people shouldn't be allowed to show there IQ's
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You should be able to get a hole set up for a good price and it will reduce the headache part of a peiced together exhaust which will leak and just be a pita to get together.g/l
Aw, you are too funny. You got called out on being an internet thug, so you turn everything around on me. Clever. Oh, and you make a lame attempt at claiming that I have a low IQ. Wow, original!

And in a post just after your internet bully post, you show your own super high IQ by using "hole" in place of "whole". You attempt to insult my intelligence, yet you can't even use propper English.

I love it when others insult themselves for me. Its awesome, cuz they do the work for me!
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
And in a post just after your internet bully post, you show your own super high IQ by using "hole" in place of "whole". You attempt to insult my intelligence, yet you can't even use propper English.

lol
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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Defiance665

lol

Sorry, I had to. I was gonna spell "English" "Engrish" but I thought it'd be a bit too noticable.
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