gtg162y Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Hey, I have a '99 Honda Accord (4 cylinder VTEC) and I had a new gas tank fill-up last week. Ever since then, my car has started to hesistate when I try to accelerate, although it does this only occasionally. Moreover, sometimes my car's idle is rough, like the rpm nominally stays around 800 and it suddenly falls to 300 or so and recovers to 800 in 1 or 2 seconds. A few days after all this, the check engine light came on with P0420 code (and its the only code). Although the code says that the catalytic converter efficiency is below threshold and something maybe wrong with it, I am not sure if a bad catalytic converter can cause my car to sometimes hesitate and exhibit rough idling. Could P0420 appear if the gasoline I filled-up with was of poor quality? I would really appreciate every advice from you. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kastigir Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 You left out part of the trouble code identification. "P0420 Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold (Bank 1)" The bank 1 part is key. If these cars have 2 converters, then it's the first one. Run all of that gas out. Fill it up again, and reset the code. If it stays away then it was a bad tank of gas. If it comes back you have a problem somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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