I hate working on my truck!!!
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I hate working on my truck!!!
Yea!!! j/k. My check eng. light came on again[:@]. I got a DTC code P0032. It has something to do with the HO2S sensor...aka O2 sensor...I think.
I'm gonna get a high flow cat this week...i hope this will solve my problem. Any help will be gratefully appreciated. Thank guys!!! Also, anybody with aftermaket headers having or had any problems?
I'm gonna get a high flow cat this week...i hope this will solve my problem. Any help will be gratefully appreciated. Thank guys!!! Also, anybody with aftermaket headers having or had any problems?
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RE: I hate working on my truck!!!
my buddy works at a dodge dealership cleanin cars and while i was there i was b/sin with some of the techs and everyone of them told me not to put headers on my truck or i would be chaseing down exhaust leaks and cels all the time. i am still thinking about it but i dont know
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RE: I hate working on my truck!!!
YeahItsAHemi:
I'm not sure why you think a hiflow cat will solve what sounds like a possible sensor related problem. There can be many culprits, one being the sensor itself. Headers do NOT need to necessarily be a problem. If you get quality stainless with 3/8" flanges there is no reason for them to leak, if installed correctly with all new gaskets. As for power increases, long-tubes are the only way to go.
However, that said, any header that changes the placement of oxygen sensors (as long-tubes often do) can be a potential problem, affecting heat-up time.
I have seen many header installs on the current crop of electonically controlled engines and instances of codes being set afterwards seems very inconsistent and unfortunately, unpredictable. One vehicle will set them and what seems to be an identical one won't, with the exact same headers. Sometimes there are no codes for a while and later they appear, and vice-versa. All very strange. Fortunately, for those owners, tuners can simply "write out" certain sensors, codes, etc. with specialized (make-specific, LS-series engines) equipment. Unfortunately, I do not know of anything comparable to do so with Dodges.
If you get headers and they are a problem, you can always sell them and go back stock. Sure you'll take something of a dollar hit, but if they are no problem it will give a max of about 10% power increase (long-tubes, if used with a free flowing air filter, metal-matrix cats, and appropriate exhaust. It's simply too bad that no one (and I mean not even big-time professional tuners whose lives entail dealing with this stuff on a daily basis) can figure exactly what will happen with a specific vehicle and when.
Hope this helps. And, all the best.
I'm not sure why you think a hiflow cat will solve what sounds like a possible sensor related problem. There can be many culprits, one being the sensor itself. Headers do NOT need to necessarily be a problem. If you get quality stainless with 3/8" flanges there is no reason for them to leak, if installed correctly with all new gaskets. As for power increases, long-tubes are the only way to go.
However, that said, any header that changes the placement of oxygen sensors (as long-tubes often do) can be a potential problem, affecting heat-up time.
I have seen many header installs on the current crop of electonically controlled engines and instances of codes being set afterwards seems very inconsistent and unfortunately, unpredictable. One vehicle will set them and what seems to be an identical one won't, with the exact same headers. Sometimes there are no codes for a while and later they appear, and vice-versa. All very strange. Fortunately, for those owners, tuners can simply "write out" certain sensors, codes, etc. with specialized (make-specific, LS-series engines) equipment. Unfortunately, I do not know of anything comparable to do so with Dodges.
If you get headers and they are a problem, you can always sell them and go back stock. Sure you'll take something of a dollar hit, but if they are no problem it will give a max of about 10% power increase (long-tubes, if used with a free flowing air filter, metal-matrix cats, and appropriate exhaust. It's simply too bad that no one (and I mean not even big-time professional tuners whose lives entail dealing with this stuff on a daily basis) can figure exactly what will happen with a specific vehicle and when.
Hope this helps. And, all the best.