well i was told my cat converter was out and was causing the CEL
so i took off the exhaust mani and saw that it looks clogged up.
But im kinda low on money right now and was wondering if i could just get a used mani(a friend has one for free)
and gut out the converter and just use the RRM CEL eliminator to make it like a header.

so what do u guys think?

 

Clogged? Would air from an air compressor help it?

 

i dont know i would have to take it completely off but im going to try something that CEL is annoying
and its waisting more gas
but when i saw it some areas look real dark and look like there clogged with something carbon looking

 

Wish you luck cuz I still have that phantom CEL every once in a while. Right now, no CEL...but I did get a new battery today and some said that might help with some of those odd errors/CELs.

Keep us/me updated!

 

what would a battery have to do with it?
because right im running on 14.7 volts (radar volt meter)
but sometimes i leave the radio on to long when im working on it and kills the battery
But im going to try to reset it and see what happens.
before i used to reset it and would come back a couple weeks later , now it comes back on an hour later

 

if you're going to end up taking off the header just get an aftermarket one, swapping it for a stock one is going to be a pain in the ***. alternatively if you can get your 2nd O2 sensor out just do the non-fouler trick and that will shut the ECU up.

 

Good question...I'd have no clue. But modern-day cars require power and any disruption in power could cause issues. The battery I just replaced was the stock battery from Sept. '03! I've ran a 1600w system since late '04 and never had a problem. But this winter the car has had a little more difficulty starting, and I thought it'd be better to replace it now than have the wife mad at me that her car won't start. Yes, I said her car! LOL

Good luck!

 

yea but the problem is that im kind of low on cash at the moment ,
but swapping the header isnt a problem .
and if i just do the fouler trick on the 2nd o2 its just going to be the same with the MPH and power lose ,just no more CEL

 

nope, the non-fouler trick shuts the ECU up and returns the car to normal.

all you need to do is make sure the 2nd sensor gets a different reading than the first one. in my case i rounded off the O2 sensor so i spliced a device made of a capacitor and two resistors into the wiring harness of the 2nd O2 sensor and accomplished the same end result.

 

okay i just spent 2 hours trying to remove the second O2 and no luck.I never knew it was going to be this hard to remove

So whats the best way to take it off?

 

not sure... i rounded mine off trying to get it out, haha!

the best way to do it is to get in a pit under the car... this makes things so much easier.

if you can't get it look up MIL/CEL eliminators, some are legit and work--the place where i got mine went under so i can't help you with that one. they even color coded the wires to the wiring harness!

 

im going to have no choice so im probably just going to get the non-foulers and have them set for a muffler shop to do it.
Dont want to round mine off.

 

alright i di dthe non fouler trick lets see what happened
PS took the car to get the o2 lossened up

 

yeah i did a full exhaust on mine left the stock cat (undercar 2nd cat) and bought a CEl from RRM cause i was getting a code from my 2nd O2 sensor as well... and the car ripened up a bit... but good luck on your install.... and hope everything works out on the better half for you i know messing with exhaust s a pain and sometimes a nightmare.... BEST OF LUCK

 

The anti-fouler trick worked for me. Its been 2 years now, without any cel.