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Old Sep 4, 2019 | 09:23 PM
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I have a 2000 park avenue with almost 260k and the cat is completely clogged. Where I live we don't have any inspections for emissions or anything along those lines and actually work for a Ford dealer as a mechanic. I'm curious as to what the stock exhaust size is so I can go the route of cutting off the cat and replacing it with a straight pipe but want to get the right size along with getting the 02 emulators to avoid an O2 codes. Any help would be appreciated.
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Old Sep 4, 2019 | 10:41 PM
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Just disconnect the down stream pipe, and shove a bar inside to breakup the cat. Start the car a few times and rev the snot out of it to blow it all out.
Next, go online and find an O2 simulator with your style connector.
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Old Sep 5, 2019 | 10:50 AM
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I suggest you don't blow the guts of the cat into the muffler.

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Old Sep 5, 2019 | 12:28 PM
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A quick Google search found an O2 emulator for $59.99 for your car, and a straight pipe is probably $20.00 .

Meanwhile, Amazon has a universal cat for this car for $49.46 .

If it were me I'd swap the cat out for a new one.
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Old Sep 5, 2019 | 08:09 PM
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At the same time, I'd be really wondering why you are dumping so much fuel to clog the cat.
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At 260,000 miles the cat probably gave up, maybe not clogged, but maybe a chunk came apart and turned sideways or something.
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