1998 Ford Ranger catalytic converters

Tiny
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  • 1998 FORD RANGER
  • 6 CYL
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 64,050 MILES
Will it hurt my truck to gut the catalytic converters
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 AT 3:10 PM

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Tiny
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You will have a check engine light until you replace them. The o2 sensors at the rear of the cats measure efficiency, with them gutted the PCM will set a cat efficiency code, P0420 I believe, but other than that it wont hurt anything, it will fail smog as well
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