Cedar River - bad end to the night

EvenTallerDude

EvenTallerDude

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Last night went fishing with my son on a normal section of the Cedar river we 've fished for years. Parked the same spot for probably more than 10 years.

Last night, came back to the truck, took off boots and such. Fired the truck up, bingo louder than heck. Yup, some terd stole the passenger side Catalytic converter. So most of the morning been dealing with lining up to get it fixed. Bonus is it is fully covered by Insurance.

5 fish to the net, 1 converter to the terd.

Stew
 
Really hate to hear this! Sorry this happened to you.

I used to fish the Cedar in the seventies and never had to worry about this crap happening there, or pretty much anywhere I used to fish back then for that matter.

I had my truck broken into out in plain sight a couple of years ago on the Stilly, so I know how you feel.
 
EvenTallerDude said:
Last night went fishing with my son on a normal section of the Cedar river we 've fished for years. Parked the same spot for probably more than 10 years.

Last night, came back to the truck, took off boots and such. Fired the truck up, bingo louder than heck. Yup, some terd stole the passenger side Catalytic converter. So most of the morning been dealing with lining up to get it fixed. Bonus is it is fully covered by Insurance.

5 fish to the net, 1 converter to the terd.

Stew
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That blows AND sucks. Someone needs to come up with a gizmo that will shock the ever-living F out of someone that touches their catalytic converter.

Oh, and then hide a game cam nearby for viewing pleasure.
 
sorry to hear man. I live up the hill from the river and I am hearing of reports of cv's being taken from cars parked in front of houses.
this sucks!
 
dflett68 said:
if the code is the only symptom, esp if your car isn't very old, odds are it is just a sensor...worth a second opinion unless you fully trust your mechanic.
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It's a 2009 Suzuki, haven't had it very long. What's funny is I can put 91 octane gas in and the code will go away for a while. Fill with regular and it comes back. That's how I got it passed deq 😬 mechanic is newer to me so still don't fully trust.
 
Dang sorry to hear about the stolen cat. Maybe it's time we hire security when we leave cars out there. Or maybe take a taxi/uber/lyft to the river
 
Sorry to hear this happened to you.
It really sucks you can’t enjoy a nice time on the water with having to worry some POS dirtbag will mess with your rig.
SF
 
FontinalisFin said:
It's a 2009 Suzuki, haven't had it very long. What's funny is I can put 91 octane gas in and the code will go away for a while. Fill with regular and it comes back. That's how I got it passed deq 😬 mechanic is newer to me so still don't fully trust.
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That sounds like an O2 sensor.
 
dflett68 said:
somebody correct me if i'm wrong, but the codes can only come from what the sensors are reading - so generally speaking the cause could be the related components OR the sensor itself. if a mechanic told me the code says the catalytic needs replacement - i'd ask him how he determined that. if the answer is "the code" and no further other information/symptoms, i'd find a new mechanic.
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That code tends to be a pretty easy one to diagnose in my experience. (Assuming its P0420 Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold) You can graph the voltage readings from the O2 sensor before and after the catalytic converter on your scan tool. The o2 sensor after the catalytic converter's purpose is to verify that the cat is working properly. If the o2 sensor after the cat is fluctuating up and down in voltage like the front o2 sensor its a pretty good sign the cat is failing. Properly functioning cat should have a steady voltage on rear o2 sensor after warming up. Other codes that could be stored may help indicate why the cat failed, such as a misfire, rich/lean condition etc.
 
ffb said:
That code tends to be a pretty easy one to diagnose in my experience. (Assuming its P0420 Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold) You can graph the voltage readings from the O2 sensor before and after the catalytic converter on your scan tool. The o2 sensor after the catalytic converter's purpose is to verify that the cat is working properly. If the o2 sensor after the cat is fluctuating up and down in voltage like the front o2 sensor its a pretty good sign the cat is failing. Properly functioning cat should have a steady voltage on rear o2 sensor after warming up. Other codes that could be stored may help indicate why the cat failed, such as a misfire, rich/lean condition etc.
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There was miss in one cylinder I had fixed a while back. The sparkplug was cracked and loose. I'll take it back there next week, now we all need to know.
 
I am going to have to pay a visit under my new ole fishing truck. Ill make sure the only way to get my cat off is with a fucken torch. If its just simple as going under with a ratchet and buzzing the clamps off and I assume just give the exhaust pipe a good swift kick to break it loose then sabatoge the camps so bad you have to have way more than a ratchet to take them off.
 
DanielOcean said:
I am going to have to pay a visit under my new ole fishing truck. Ill make sure the only way to get my cat off is with a fucken torch. If its just simple as going under with a ratchet and buzzing the clamps off and I assume just give the exhaust pipe a good swift kick to break it loose then sabatoge the camps so bad you have to have way more than a ratchet to take them off.
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They cut the pipe off with a sawzall. Takes seconds to cut both sides and remove the cat.
 
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