"CJB" wrote in news:3ef52893$1 snipped-for-privacy@corp.newsgroups.com:
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>> "Lee Cremeans" wrote in
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>> >> The guy at Auto Zone checked her car because the check engine
>> >> light was on he told her it needed a new catalytic converter it's
>> >> a 1996 Contour four cylinder with 115000 miles any suggestions? >> >> Any help?
>> >> THANK YOU
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>> > Did you manage to get the codes he read out (should be a number
>> > like P0xxx or P1xxx)? It might just be that one of the O2 sensors
>> > monitoring the cat is going.
>> > (1996 and newer models have three or four O2 sensors; usually two
>> > at the cat, one before and one after, in addition to the one or two
>> > at the engine).
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>> > Catalytic converters don't go bad very easily, unless your car is
>> > very old or the converter has been physically damaged somehow (hit
>> > with something, overheating from rich mixture, lead or metallic
>> > contamination from fuel additives).
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>> > -lee
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>> errrrrrr 2 in the engine and 2 more on the exhaust? who makes this? 4
>> cyl ... 1 bank 2 o2's
>> 1 upstream 1 down stream
>> no more ...ever
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