Method for checking the efficiency of a catalytic converter

摘要

A method is provided for checking the efficiency of a catalytic converter with an oxygen probe upstream of the catalytic converter and of an oxygen probe downstream of the catalytic converter. A ratio of times in which the oxygen probe downstream of the catalytic converter and the oxygen probe upstream of the catalytic converter indicate a rich or a lean mixture value is formed. The catalytic converter has a sufficient efficiency if the value of the smaller amount of the ratio values is lower than a predeterminable limit value.