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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 12:54 PM
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SES light came on checked code P0420

Ok so i bought my 08 G37s coupe like a month ago with 120xxx kms on it, one simple day i decided to fill up the tank at shell and mind you i always put 91 octane no lower, after 20-25kms of driving the SES lights goes on so i go to part source to check out the codes and its apparantly either an o2 sensor on bank 1 or a catalytic converter. My question to you guys should i be worried if its a catalytic converter or just a minor tune up with a 02 sensor? Ohh and is it true we g owners have an 8 year warranty on our catalytic converters? if so then
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 02:03 PM
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Yeah true the cats have warranty for 8 years, i had same code, replace your cats and be done with it. Sensors are not the issue my cats failed under 50,000 miles
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 02:29 PM
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ohh crap why are our cats so weak? my last car lexus is300 had exact same problem it was either cat or sensor so i saw that as an opportunity to put in headers, BIG mistake lol gas mileage killed me on that car, loving the g though. btw thats for the feedback.
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 02:31 PM
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My pleasure man, i had the same problem with my 07 350Z.
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 07:33 PM
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That sucks!! Oh well, an opportunity to instal HFC if you want.
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 06:06 PM
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OK so that day when i filled up i filled up with shell 91 octane i ran that til empty so i changed my gas station to petro (canadian gas station) and i also cleared the code before that and so far after 60kms of driving around the code has come back yet, oh and i havent fixed anything yet no o2 sensor change or catalytic converter change so would it be the gas that made the light come up? im so confused lol like i was going to do a diagnostic check to make sure what the problem was for sure and the code hasnt come on yet so im just waiting. but would gas really play a factor in this??
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