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Old Feb 16, 2021 | 01:22 PM
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Will a secondary cat and resonator delete causes a CEL? 2011 E550

Hi everyone,

Ill be having my secondary cats removed with a straight pipe and my resonator removed with an xpipe on my 2011 e550. I was told the only part of the exhaust that is monitored is the main cats which will obviously be staying. Is this true? I just want to make sure I won’t be having a CEL to deal with later today. Thanks for any help!
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Old Feb 16, 2021 | 02:20 PM
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Hi everyone,

Ill be having my secondary cats removed with a straight pipe and my resonator removed with an xpipe on my 2011 e550. I was told the only part of the exhaust that is monitored is the main cats which will obviously be staying. Is this true? I just want to make sure I won’t be having a CEL to deal with later today. Thanks for any help!
Could you make sure you have secondary cats.

I have seen some people on my motor (m278) misidentifying resonators for cats.

You have a m273, and all the pictures I have seen show only one cat per bank (of cylinders).

O2 sensors are always on the intake, and the exhaust of the cat.
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Old Feb 16, 2021 | 03:13 PM
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Could you make sure you have secondary cats.

I have seen some people on my motor (m278) misidentifying resonators for cats.

You have a m273, and all the pictures I have seen show only one cat per bank (of cylinders).

O2 sensors are always on the intake, and the exhaust of the cat.



The secondary cats are in fact resonators, as far as I know.
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The secondary cats are in fact resonators, as far as I know.
Correct, resonators adjust sound or/and gas pulses. You have 3 that adjust sound (big and small ones) and 1 that adjust gas pulses (big one only).
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Yep, only one set of cats. Leave the cats and delete everything else and there a will be NO check engine light.
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