OK! i have a 1995 camaro z28. v8

i went to have the inspection done, but it failed.

It failed thanks to the HC. So they guy said it was the catalytic converter.

today i went and asked one of my friends about it and they said the catalytic converter had a lique. i was WTH. the catalytic converter was $170.

So now i have to take my car back to get it fixed. What should i do?

Get a new exhuast kit? or i dont know what to do so i can pass the inspection state test.

 

You might want to have the car diagnosed, it could have failed for other reasons beyond the converter. I wouldn't take the inspectors word for it. However, if your cat does have a leak, that is technically a violation as well since your exhaust system cannot have any leaks in it. I'm not sure what kind of cat you were looking at, but you can pick up a Carsound Magnaflow cat for much cheaper then 170 dollars.

 

3" universal cats cost around 70~90 dollars.....

 

the new catalytic converter has a leak. in other words they are the ones who put the new cat. should they be the ones to fix it? i think they should, but im so pissed at them. they dont even know how to weld correctly they did a bad job with it. so i dont know what to do about it.

 

Yeah, they should be liable if it is due to poor welding. I would take it back.

 

i just took it back and they weld it better now, but the inspection still failed.
they said something about the gas is not being passed correctly like its not being burned correct or something. i think i might go and get it diagnosed.

 

sounds like o2 sensors to me...but if you dont have a light on you cant' really tell without running a test. do you have any ses lights on? you could pay a shop to run an engine on diagnosis. that's expensive though.

 

"HC" = unburned hydrocarbons (aka "gasoline"). How did it do on CO and NOx? Generally, if its running rich, it will be high on both HC and CO. If its something like a leaking injector, it will just be high on HC.