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About John Robison
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I own J E Robison Service in Springfield, MA. We are Bosch Car Service for Land Rover, BMW, Mercedes, and other European lines. I can answer most questions about Land Rover service or repair. I'm known as a car enthusiast, machine aficianado, photographer, writer, and speaker. I've been around Land Rovers and British cars most of my life. Visit me at my car business, www.robisonservice.com or my author website, www.johnrobison.com. Check out my autism and writing blog at jerobison.blogspot.com or my photos on www.pbase.com/robisonphoto John Elder Robison

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I have been a Land Rover service manager since Land Rover returned to North America in 1987. My company is a four-star Bosch Car Service facility, known nationwide for Land Rover service, overhaul, customization, and restoration. We're a dealer and service agent for APCO, backer of the Land Rover Assured and Certified dealer service contracts and Easycare independent service contracts. In addition to Land Rover our company services BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Rolls_Royce, and Bentley motorcars. We have factory-plus-level service capability for all makes. Visit my company online at www.robisonservice.com > service > land rover Also visit my blog at robisonservice.blogspot.com

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I am ASE certified, Bosch Trained, and trained by Omnitec/T4 and Autologic on their Land Rover test systems.

 
   

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Land Rover Repair - cat converter


Expert: John Robison - 6/23/2009

Question
i just now rebuilt my engine on my 97 discovery. i took the catalitic converters off. what can i do with the O2 sensors and the check engine light to come off without replacing the wire harness? will it run better?

Answer
If your vehicle is a US market Rover, configired for catalysts, the check engine light will never go out until the four o2 sensors are in place and returning readings that show both catalysts are functioning.

The only way to make the light go out would be to reprogram the GEMS controller for a foreign market where catalysts are not needed.  Austrailia may be an example - you would have to check.  However, if you do that, the vehicle woudl not pass emission test in much of the US anyway.

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