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Originally Posted by Niceboxster
Hello, my 01 base couldn’t pass smog because of a p0430 code. The shop diagnosed it and they said both the primary and secondary right cats were bad. They wanted 2700 for new cats and oxygen sensors which I thought was ridiculous because that’s half the price of the car. My question is do I need to buy a new secondary cat? I thought there weren’t any sensors past the primaries so it wouldn’t make sense to spend all that money. Any help is appreciated
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You are correct - there is a sensor before and after the precat (on the header) but none that monitor the main cat (aka secondary cat). Id be curious how the figured that the cats are bad though...
Rumor has it that the most common cause of that code is a bad gas cap. You may wanna start there.
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