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Old Oct 17, 2015 | 12:35 PM
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My complete exhaust was failing apart on my newage non turbo, so i decided to buy a sports cat with standard exhaust. But 2 weeks later engine management light come on.

Is that due to the sports cat? I've not had time to get the code checked out.
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Old Oct 19, 2015 | 10:08 AM
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check the codes first, could be one of the sensors was bumped when the exhaust was being fitted just.
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Old Oct 19, 2015 | 10:23 AM
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0420 . . .
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Ok so it shouldn't bring on engine light? Car runs perfectly fine. But sports cat only has one cat in it.
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it depends on the car, some run fine some throw a code - check the codes and you'll see.
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Old Oct 19, 2015 | 10:17 PM
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Ok is this the code reader I need for 1998 model? Thanks

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...obalID=EBAY-GB
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