EdBwoy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 13, 2019 3:59 pm
Biggie, Armybrat, do you guys have UpRev? I know Ilya does
Yes sir Joe tuned my ride around March 2017. Since my earlier post on this thread, my light just came back on. I'm at about 98,500 miles right now. Once my tank gets down to 1/4 full, I will be adding my 4th bottle of Cataclean since 95k miles. Last time I had the exhaust apart the catalyst on both sides looked good, viewing through from the discharge end.
Regarding the P0420's that seems to be popping up lately, just my 2 cents:
I really feel that it's a combination of poor manifold design, valve timing overlap, and burning oil through excess PCV blowby, causing excess build up on the catalyst and possibly the O2 sensors. Of course, driving patterns can also affect cat performance.
I also noticed (from installing dual catch cans) that the driver's side seems to collect more oil than the passenger side, almost twice as much. This would explain the abundance of P0420 codes and lack of P0430 codes.
I agree with Larz in that resetting the codes without doing anything isn't going to fix the problem...however, if adding Cataclean cleans the catalyst enough to drop the efficiency threshold below the set point then I am good with that, for now. It's a short term solution until you decide what to do long term. I guess it would depend on a couple of factors - how long you plan to keep the car, how many miles can you get out of a bottle (at $20 or so/bottle/1000 miles, for example), etc. If you consistently get the code on a regular basis using the cleaner then you will have to decide from there.
If you're having the driver's side replaced, you might as well have the passenger side replaced, while they have the motor jacked up (if you have AWD). That is the biggest part of the labor cost, and you would only pay it once, as opposed to having to do it again if the other side craps out, which would be my luck LOL. RWD does not require motor lifting for passenger side cat replacement.
If you're up to it, have custom headers built with flanges and bolt on aftermarket cats where the secondary cats would normally be.