OBD Cat monitor not ready

paroxysm419 · 01-23-2008, 10:40 AM

Does anybody know why my Cat monitor won't reset? i replaced the upstream o2 sensor then cleared the p0153 code with a scan tool. afterwards 3 monitors were not ready: o2 sensor, o2 heater and cat, but i had no codes. my coolant temperature wasn't heating up at all (i have a huge radiator with a towing package), so i put a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator. shortly after that my o2 sensor and o2 heater monitors reset, but i've been driving it for over a week now, even gone through the lengthy drive cycle described in the manual, and my catalyst sensor still won't reset. so i still don't have any codes, but i can't take the test until this monitor resets.

i've read somewhere that if the downstream o2 sensor is a little out of whack that it could be just enough to throw off the catalyst test, but not enough to give you an o2 sensor code. could this be the culprit? i have 215,000 miles on it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Andy

01-23-2008, 11:30 AM

did you do three key cycles?...evidentally it need three cycles

paroxysm419 · 01-23-2008, 01:18 PM

could you please describe a key cycle? i've started it and done a few minutes of city/country driving at least 10 times since i cleared the codes.

paroxysm419 · 01-25-2008, 09:31 AM

well, i changed the down-stream o2 sensor, drove it around all day for probably 100 plus miles of country/city driving, shutting the car down 5 or 6 times throughout the day, and still no luck. i'm due for my emissions test very soon, so any help would be appreciated.

01-25-2008, 11:50 AM

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/....php?p=1832755

i think its 10 miles....x3

01-23-2008, 10:40 AM	#1
paroxysm419 Wannabe Elite Explorer chicago il 1996 Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 6 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	OBD Cat monitor not ready Does anybody know why my Cat monitor won't reset? i replaced the upstream o2 sensor then cleared the p0153 code with a scan tool. afterwards 3 monitors were not ready: o2 sensor, o2 heater and cat, but i had no codes. my coolant temperature wasn't heating up at all (i have a huge radiator with a towing package), so i put a piece of cardboard in front of the radiator. shortly after that my o2 sensor and o2 heater monitors reset, but i've been driving it for over a week now, even gone through the lengthy drive cycle described in the manual, and my catalyst sensor still won't reset. so i still don't have any codes, but i can't take the test until this monitor resets. i've read somewhere that if the downstream o2 sensor is a little out of whack that it could be just enough to throw off the catalyst test, but not enough to give you an o2 sensor code. could this be the culprit? i have 215,000 miles on it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Andy

01-23-2008, 11:30 AM	#2
ThePhoenix Unregistered Posts: n/a Vehicle Specs	did you do three key cycles?...evidentally it need three cycles

01-23-2008, 01:18 PM	#3
paroxysm419 Wannabe Elite Explorer chicago il 1996 Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 6 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	could you please describe a key cycle? i've started it and done a few minutes of city/country driving at least 10 times since i cleared the codes.

01-25-2008, 09:31 AM	#4
paroxysm419 Wannabe Elite Explorer chicago il 1996 Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 6 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	well, i changed the down-stream o2 sensor, drove it around all day for probably 100 plus miles of country/city driving, shutting the car down 5 or 6 times throughout the day, and still no luck. i'm due for my emissions test very soon, so any help would be appreciated.

01-25-2008, 11:50 AM	#5
ThePhoenix Unregistered Posts: n/a Vehicle Specs	http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/....php?p=1832755 i think its 10 miles....x3