Q: If I get an emissions done will that tell me what is wrong? My a/c used to turn the check engine light off what does it mean?

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Catalytic system bank 1 If I get an emissions done will that tell me what is wrong? My a/c used to turn the check engine light off what does it mean?

My car has 155000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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