Wrinkly

Tie

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Dancer

Yummy

New Catalytic Converter fitted yesterday. Quite a lot of destroyed rubbish found in the old one. (Photo attached). Code reset and has so far completed sixteen miles and no yellow management light as yet. On previous times of resetting the code it has taken up to 18-20 miles to regenerate. Fingers crossed this time. The moral of this story may be, I should not have spent time and money attempting to deal with the P0420 Code by cheaper methods first. I.E. new sensors upstream and down stream, smoke testing, checking all joints etc etc. Followed lots of sound and helpful advice but eventually had to "bite the bullet" and buy the new Catalytic Converter. Not to worry, hopefully job done now.

New Catalytic Converter fitted yesterday. Quite a lot of destroyed rubbish found in the old one. (Photo attached). Code reset and has so far completed sixteen miles and no yellow management light as yet. On previous times of resetting the code it has taken up to 18-20 miles to regenerate. Fingers crossed this time. The moral of this story may be, I should not have spent time and money attempting to deal with the P0420 Code by cheaper methods first. I.E. new sensors upstream and down stream, smoke testing, checking all joints etc etc. Followed lots of sound and helpful advice but eventually had to "bite the bullet" and buy the new Catalytic Converter. Not to worry, hopefully job done now.

Lamb

You will have to replace the actuator. I managed to find a good second hand one from a breaker who was very good and it arrived the following day. Yes it is accessed from in the boot. On the right hand side (offside).. Remove the finishing panels and you will see a rather strong looking bracket that on mine is coloured Black. Remove this black bracket and the attached electronics and with a bit of fiddling you can get your hand up in their to find two bolts holding in the actuator. Both need undoing but only one is necessary to take out. The other one slides out of a slot it fits into. The actuator can then be pulled out. One further but important thing, I established that there could be one of two different actuators on my car. I had to get the old one out first so as to establish which of the two I needed. It is very fiddly and needs a lot of patience. I achieved it and I am not known for my patience with fiddling with awkward things in awkward places. If you need to , do not be afraid to get back to me. Best Wishes and Good Luck, Regards, John

Proud

Purchased, as specified for my car:

Blackbirds

Summer

Bought this recently from Home Bargains @ £9.99p. Is extremely stable. Robust. Holds the screen very well. Does not obstruct view too much. Is massively adjustable to suit angle you want. Best Wishes and Regards, John

Fuel

Coal

Minor

Shine

Shoe

Martin I have a 2005 2.5 V6 petrol with 62,000 miles and have been through the very same experience as you describe. I am not categorically stating that my problem is the solve of your issue, just posing it as "food for thought". Have replaced all six ignition plugs and ignition coils, along with new upstream and downstream Lambda`s, had smoke test, new exhaust manifold gaskets (6), all OEM specification etc. etc. After the misfire, which was only on one cylinder (No3 in Bank 1 ) all went well for a couple of weeks. Then the code P0420 started appearing and would reappear after being cancelled. This indicated a Catalytic Converter problem on Bank 1. Eventually had the car up on a lift and found that the pipe from CAT on Bank 1 was, if tapped heavily with a fist, making a rattling sound as though as though full of bits of rubbish. A very experienced technician that was with me immediately knew that this was a bad CAT that was causing the Yellow Engine Warning Light and Code P0420. He had seen it many times before. It is apparently known that a misfiring engine can eventually "kill" a CAT, which my thinking is that it has happened to mine. None of the usual signs of CAT failure (high fuel usage, engine not running smooth, smell from the exhaust of rotten eggs etc etc) were present. I have now purchased a new Catalytic Converter (along with necessary fitting kit) and will hopefully this coming weekend be fitting the new CAT. Will report back on this matter once CAT is fitted and run for the 18 - 20 miles that it usually takes to make the P0420 code appear. Hope this may help in some fashion or form and good luck with resolving your issue. All the Best and Regards, John

Bought mine from Ebay, which was the cheapest source of that actual manufacturer at the time. Regards, John

Mick Yes the bulbs are changed, and in my humble opinion, are worth while doing. Not the cheapest bulbs but appear to have the claimed longest life, of their type. I paid £29.98p for the pair. Did not change the full beam bulbs because I found the existing ones were adequate and powerful enough. Best Wishes, John

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Concrete