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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 01:33 PM
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ok i put a megan mid on with an s pipe and alphaworks headers yesterday. everything is bolted up and sounds good ( i have two resignators in the mid pipe) and i did the anti flower DIY but my CEL came on as soon as the car started. is it definitely the 02 sensor? and if i dont fix it today will the car run lean?
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also i has a different smell to it, is that because i have no cats?
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 02:51 PM
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if anything, the car is going to run rich, not lean

and yes, as soon as it senses the cat is gone, it will start to run rich.

best advice i can give you is to go get the code read somewhere, and make sure its an 02 code. and then buy 2 antifoulers and use them to fool the 02 sensor in the Spipe.
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or just buy the WeaponR antifowler and call it a day
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yes it'll smell since you deleted both cats, and as chicotuner said, go for the weaponr one. it's a bit pricey, but it's been proven to work, since i've been on mine for over a year, and i've never experienced any CELs.
aaaand thennn it's header, not headers, resonator, not reisgnator, and anti-fouler, not antiflower.
sorry, just had to throw those in there.
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