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Has anyone used cataclean before?

2,117 168 January 15, 2024 at 09:24 PM
My car is throwing Oxygen sensors codes for upstream while it did this over a year ago for a down stream oxygen sensor. It was idling/driving rough intermittently which it is doing now and I saw on youtube where some people tried Cataclean and it cleared up the issue.
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01-16-2024 at 03:40 AM.
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Nope, ain't got no cats, just 2 beagles & my wife washes both of those.
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01-16-2024 at 08:20 AM.
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I mean, it might give you a slight enough improvement to not trip the light. And that might be all you need. But it doesn't do much in its own right. Go ahead and try if you like. Maybe you'll get lucky and it was just a gunked up reading. But only do it once and follow the instructions. If it doesn't improve after the one time, or if the code comes back, don't repeat. At that point you'll have to actually figure out what's going on. It could be a lot of things; bad sensor(s), slow oil leak, the cat having built up some varnish, needing to replace the cat outright.. and so on. But a pro would need to diagnose at that point.

For some built up varnish, Scotty Kilmer suggests mixing some varnish remover in a full tank of gas & going for a very long trip. Can't let it just sit or slowly use it up over a month. But you'll want to watch his vids on it before even thinking of doing.
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01-16-2024 at 10:49 AM.
01-16-2024 at 10:49 AM.
Quote from NoGagReflex :
My car is throwing Oxygen sensors codes for upstream while it did this over a year ago for a down stream oxygen sensor. It was idling/driving rough intermittently which it is doing now and I saw on youtube where some people tried Cataclean and it cleared up the issue.
What is the actual code?

There can be a couple different codes for your O2 Sensors...bad read or not heating, etc.
Not Heating- it's toast no matter how clean you make it and have to replace it.

I think my right shoulder is still dislocated from swapping out one of the pre-cat O2's for DW's Van. Working Transverse motors can really suck!
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NoGagReflex
01-16-2024 at 11:51 PM.
01-16-2024 at 11:51 PM.
Quote from DC :
What is the actual code?

There can be a couple different codes for your O2 Sensors...bad read or not heating, etc.
Not Heating- it's toast no matter how clean you make it and have to replace it.

I think my right shoulder is still dislocated from swapping out one of the pre-cat O2's for DW's Van. Working Transverse motors can really suck!
I got a P0152 & P0132 code for Heated Oyxgen sensors in Bank 2 Sensor 1 & Bank 1 Sensor 1.
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01-17-2024 at 08:53 AM.
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Quote from NoGagReflex :
I got a P0152 & P0132 code for Heated Oyxgen sensors in Bank 2 Sensor 1 & Bank 1 Sensor 1.
Cleaning might work since you aren't getting a P0135 or P0155 (O2 Sensor Heater Circuit)

Chances are you need a set of sensors.

What year is your vehicle?
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01-17-2024 at 10:01 AM.
01-17-2024 at 10:01 AM.
Quote from DC :
Cleaning might work since you aren't getting a P0135 or P0155 (O2 Sensor Heater Circuit)

Chances are you need a set of sensors.

What year is your vehicle?
It is 2003
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01-17-2024 at 10:16 AM.
01-17-2024 at 10:16 AM.
Quote from NoGagReflex :
It is 2003
I'd swap them out and not roll the dice on the cost of the cleaner as they have had 20 years of use.
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NoGagReflex
01-17-2024 at 10:23 AM.
01-17-2024 at 10:23 AM.
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I'd swap them out and not roll the dice on the cost of the cleaner as they have had 20 years of use.
Ok Thanks for your input
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