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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 03:12 PM
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My cat is clogged and I need to find a good way around it... Someone said something about bypassing the second sensor... either way i need my cat either off or replaced...
 
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 03:14 PM
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You can cut it out and weld in a piece of connecting pipe, gut it or replace it.

For options #1 & #2, you can use the "non-fouler" trick to get rid of the CEL...

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...ving-cats.html
 
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 03:39 PM
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I heard that not having a cat can screw up your computer... is that just the CEL or is it something else??
 
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 05:02 PM
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the easiest and cheapest way would be to gut it and to use the non-fouler trick. just take a pry bar or chisel and a hammer. put the pry bar into the inlet of the cat and start beating on it untill theres nothing left inside.
 
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 05:52 PM
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Hmm, that seems pretty idiot proof... My only question is will there be any probs after doing it?
 
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 06:08 PM
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Hmm, that seems pretty idiot proof... My only question is will there be any probs after doing it?

Follow the link that zman gave you. That will take care of any problem, that's why he provided it. The only OTHER issue you may have is if exhasut emmision testing is required where you live.
 
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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Haha, I live in the middle of Alabama... Its illegal to do this, but no one ever checks for cats except maybe State Trooper rookies near larger towns...
 
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 06:44 PM
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make sure you take out your front o2 sensor before you go knockin the honeycomb out of it, you dont wanna bend the sensor when u bust through it.

i have done this to my truck and i never got a CEL from it.
 
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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 07:31 AM
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If you gut it then that rookie state trooper would never know.
 
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Old Sep 19, 2011 | 09:34 PM
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haha true, but anyways, someone mentioned that a computer will try to adjust the gas/oxygen levels in the pipe which makes the engine drink more gas... is any of this right?
 
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