Mike D S
Member
- Joined
- April 20, 2022
- Messages
- 43
- Reaction score
- 11
- City, State
- Katy, TX
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2013 Explorer Limited
Bought the bullet and ordered the USB adapter to try out Forscan. The program is pretty nice and clearly has way more features than I'm going to need anytime soon. But on the other hand it destroyed my dream of my catalytst monitor codes being bad O2 sensors.
The bank 2 cat is way out of range, so I'm going to order one from RockAuto and change it. The bank 1 cat is just a bit outside the allowable range (<10%) so I'm going to run a few treatments of Cataclean and see what we get. Access to the bank 1 cat looks like its really tough to get to without getting the truck on a lift so I'm hopeful the cataclean makes a difference and can get me just under the limit. The inspection sticker is due, so if I can replace the front and get enough improvement in the back to get the inspection done I'll be satisfied for the moment as that'll give me time.
13 Limited 3.5L has 156k miles and still runs fine and getting about 19 mpg (according to the dashboard) so their not clogged, but the downstream O2 sensors are clearly mirroring the upstream sensors. I'm waiting for this tank of gas to get a little lower and then I'll run the cataclean treatments and report back. I took screenshots of the monitor O2 capacity readings, so I'll be able to compare the numbers after running the cataclean and retesting.
The bank 2 cat is way out of range, so I'm going to order one from RockAuto and change it. The bank 1 cat is just a bit outside the allowable range (<10%) so I'm going to run a few treatments of Cataclean and see what we get. Access to the bank 1 cat looks like its really tough to get to without getting the truck on a lift so I'm hopeful the cataclean makes a difference and can get me just under the limit. The inspection sticker is due, so if I can replace the front and get enough improvement in the back to get the inspection done I'll be satisfied for the moment as that'll give me time.
13 Limited 3.5L has 156k miles and still runs fine and getting about 19 mpg (according to the dashboard) so their not clogged, but the downstream O2 sensors are clearly mirroring the upstream sensors. I'm waiting for this tank of gas to get a little lower and then I'll run the cataclean treatments and report back. I took screenshots of the monitor O2 capacity readings, so I'll be able to compare the numbers after running the cataclean and retesting.