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Old 08-05-2014, 08:39 PM
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Before you swap/replace any more sensors, have the cat pressure tested. A clogged cat will create misfire issues, bad mileage, and a loss of power.
 
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Originally Posted by Gary-L
Before you swap/replace any more sensors, have the cat pressure tested. A clogged cat will create misfire issues, bad mileage, and a loss of power.
Will do good suggestion
 
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At 210k, it should be about at the end of it's third cat... 2nd at very least, with a good plenum all along (and that is very unlikely).
 
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Old 08-05-2014, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ngmillar
I was just about to go ahead and do it and if you don't mind me asking what's the easiest way to get to it since it seems a little awkward and hard to get to it
The cat would certainly be a first check... with a bad plenum, you can change the cat as often as spark plugs.

You can get to the CPS from below or above... both are difficult... I have longer arms, and found it easier from below, as I hate laying up in the engine bay.
From below the distance of restrictive area is shorter.
 
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Old 08-05-2014, 11:03 PM
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At 210k, it should be about at the end of it's third cat... 2nd at very least, with a good plenum all along (and that is very unlikely).
Assuming the factory cat was replaced due to the service bulletin or any other reason, and the replacement was not a generic part, the cat should never have to be replaced so long as the emissions system is working properly and the plenum has been serviced.
 
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Old 08-06-2014, 04:04 PM
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Guess its time to get the cat pressure tested as suggested since the miss and shaking are still present after cps changed
 
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... and the plenum has been serviced.
Probably the biggest killer of cats in these trucks.
 
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You can yank the front O2 sensor from the bung to see if it runs better... Consider it a cheap and easy cat pressure test.
 



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