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• Re: Emissions failure Nox (the epilogue)
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:29:01 -0400
  ...The > shop > owner spun me a tale about needing a 'special' California catalytic > converter because a non-CA one would need the exhaust to...
• NEED HELP Olympian Catalytic heater installation
  Historical mailing list - Mark Howser
  Sat, 11 Jan 97 20:34:15 -0500
  ...Mark Howser * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Hello from frozen Montana, I purchased an Olympian 6100a catalytic heater yesterday. I installed it in my...
• Re: '83 wasserboxer wiring harness melted!
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 16:37:40 -0800
  ...The catalytic converter was glowing red! > >Some mechanic on the coast has it now. I looked at it on Sat.and the wiring >harness...
• Re: Propex alternative?
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Fri, 1 Nov 2013 19:57:36 -0500
  One thing I learned during my heating experiments in the last 2 weeks is that my Coleman catalytic produces 0 CO (on the digi...
• Re: catalytic heaters-web page photo
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 16:32:12 -0500
  You can't beat a propex or Carver P4 for out-of-sight installation. However, one of the best values in heaters for VW...
• Re: temp 2 sensors?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 14 May 2005 10:19:59 -0400
  Temp II sensor is located in the thermostat housing of the cooling system not the catalytic convertor (the oxygen sensor is located there). Perhaps...
• Re: NEED HELP Olympian Catalytic heater installation
  Historical mailing list - Bo Kersey
  Sun, 12 Jan 1997 12:30:19 -0600
  ...I'm wondering if your catalytic heater is jetted for propane. Maybe that's the problem. Or maybe it's just so effing cold...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:07:30 -0700
  ...HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it??? To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Sunday...
• Re: Low Platinum Cat prices shown on I-net sales site.
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:35:51 -0800
  ...This heater > uses the unique and very efficient catalytic combustion process which > produces sun-like radiant heat with many safety features built in. > They...
• Re: More Catalytic Converter questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:19:31 -0400
  ...More Catalytic Converter questions > > >> Just installed a new Bosal cat delivered from one of our listmember >> suppliers. Adjusted the muffler supports to help everything...
• Re: Camping heater for an '86 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Agnew
  Fri, 11 Nov 1994 10:19:09 -0800 (PST)
  On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, martha rubin wrote: > With these installed vented catalytic propane heaters, > do you still have to leave the window open...
• Re: oil level question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 11:17:49 -0600 (MDT)
  ...The worst thing you can do is > over-fill the crankcase, because excess could blow out the tailpipe and gum up > your catalytic converter...
• Re: Winters in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 11:03:51 -0500
  ...It would also be useful in the summer! This would be good for those of us using a platinum catalytic propane heater inside the...
• Exhaust parts suppliers for '84 gas fueled
  Historical mailing list - R. E. Haufler
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:40:10 -0400
  ...I believe that he needs a catalytic convertor, muffler, tailpipe, gaskets, muffler hanger strap, etc. He had ordered a complete set from Advance, but...
• Re: thread size of the oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Brian Keese
  Wed, 2 Nov 2005 08:44:22 -0500
  ...I went through this a few months ago when trying to find something to fill the O2 sensor hole in my new catalytic converter...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:22:49 -0700
  ...2012 1:20 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it??? > > same engine was used in other countries...
• Re: [SABMAG] Diesel bike sets land speed records
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:52:45 -0400
  My 91 Jetta ECOdiesel has a factory catalytic converter on it. The sulphur content does not affect the cat converters. It reduces acid rain...
• Re: How to remove O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 16:43:30 +0000
  ...The catalytic converter is only > about a year old. Is there a better way to remove the sensor? Should I use > my touch to...
• Re: vanagon passes emissions, YES!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 06:02:52 -0500
  ...for the test I did the following things, installed >a new catalytic converter (old one was totally blown out), a >new air filter, new...
• 84 Westy for sale San Francisco Bay area $600 ono
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lofting
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:08:01 -0800
  ...Spare catalytic converter. Maintenance history for last 2 years and official workshop manuals. Been daily commuter for 2 years. Clutch lever and stick shift...
• Aftermarket propane heater?
  Historical mailing list - Travers Fenton
  Thu, 2 Oct 2003 17:43:04 -0700
  ...for heat when camping? I was considering just using a coleman catalytic heater when it dawned on me...shouldn't there be a propane...
• Re: my 83.5 Vanagon gets no power
  Historical mailing list - Geo Hahn
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 20:34:52 -0700
  I also had a catalytic converter fail with similar symptoms... basically the innards collapsed causing a great deal of back pressure. May be diagnosed...
• Re: can you use DELO 10W-40 in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:11:17 -0500
  ...The additives that are needed for Diesel use to control acid and soot tend to be harmful to catalytic converters. That is why many...
• Re: Stubborn oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:04:05 -0500
  ...Stubborn oxygen sensor I'm replacing the catalytic converter on my Carat and not suprisingly, the 02 sensor is thoroughly stuck with corrosion. Generous...
• Re: Why would it not accelerate?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 7 Mar 2012 00:55:04 -0600
  Perhaps a catalytic converter is clogged or other exhaust obstruction?? Just a wild guess. DM&FS At 06:13 PM 3/6/2012, HotelWestfalia...
• Re: Solar Panel Mount -Flexible Panels?
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Mon, 3 May 2010 11:59:57 -0400
  ...Currently I use the simple Coleman catalytic with the battery operated fan but only when I am up & awake and (as noted) the Westy...
• Re: Cat causing heads to crack?
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:58:54 -0400
  ...I do not believe they use catalytic converters there.
• Some more stuff---
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 5 May 2002 02:17:47 -0500
  ...of either one of them---just need a servicing--( grease ) One Catalytic converter in good shape---not rotten, and still has the element in...
• Re: I am almost ready to shoot my vaagon!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:55:45 -0500
  ...Recent > > fuel, air filter and pump. > > > > New Oxy sensor. > > > > My catalytic converter is empty of any catalyst and the muffler has been > > cleaned out...
• Digifant Information
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:53:31 -0300
  ...On the stock exhaust there is a port, upstream from the catalytic converter for measuring the engine CO. ( at least the documentation suggests that...
• Re: Buzzing when accelerating
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Sep 1996 13:41:09 PST
  Richard, Maybe the catalytic converter is ready to let go. When mine went bad it sounded like the element was rotating inside. On Sat...
• Santa Was Good To Me
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Tue, 25 Dec 2001 13:14:30 -0600
  ...It is a Coleman Powercat Catalytic heater. Ths thing has a fan which runs on two D cell batteries, and is good for 18...
• Re: Removal of cat converter
  Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 13:30:28 -0400
  ...VW delivered lots of >Vanagons with empty catalytic converters. Seems that they had designed the >U.S. exhaust to comply with California emissions specs...
• Catalytic converters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 4 Jun 2016 11:04:51 -0500
  ...https://youtu.be/v5GPWJPLcHg All of us carry platinum in our vans catalytic converters. This shows how the stuff winds up on the roads...
• Re: Let's make vented catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sat, 22 Dec 2001 22:08:06 +0000
  ...I have one of those Coleman BlackCat catalytic heaters - and it works great. However, like we've discussed on this list before, it's...
• RE: Catalytic Converter Failure
  Historical mailing list - Kerry G. Stanley, SWPRD
  Tue, 06 Dec 1994 08:15:44 EST
  I too had a similiar problem with the cat conv, although it came on a little more gradual. I drove home approx 100 mi...
• Re: '81 CA eng into '80 non-CA
  Historical mailing list
  15 Aug 96 13:02:00 PDT
  ...that the CA has only one > heat exchanger (R) with the catalytic converter replacing the HEX (L) > Does this mean that I will will...
• Re: Performance Exhaust for Vanagons (clarification)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:32:45 -0700
  On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > The exhaust system WILL accept a Catalytic Convertor, I just meant that the > price of...
• Re: Lack of power on my 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 19:39:50 -0700
  ...Even then, we > may not have any catalytic converter.
• Sudden drop in milage
  Historical mailing list - gcarcher
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:15:54 -0700
  ...After cleaning out all the broken bits pieces from my plugged up catalytic converter and muffler/tail piece and readjusting the idle / timing., My...
• 93 Eurovan $1500 obo, denver CO usa area
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 22:53:04 -0600
  ...7 seats, folding table, folding queen bed, all-around curtains, dual front / rear AC (new compressor / dryer), new battery, new CV joints, new catalytic...
• Re: Source for Plat Cat heater?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:10:43 -0500
  ...Source for Plat Cat heater? Does anyone know a source for the vented platinum catalytic heater? The only one I have seen for sale...
• Re: Mr Heater
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:50:57 +0000
  ...I don't want to debate the fact that tragedies have happened > with > > open flame and/or catalytic heaters- sadness for all involved. And...
• Re: new CARB rules for cats in Calif?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 16:24:44 -0800
  ...the main reason California is requiring > all > new catalytic converters to meet OBD-II standards is to improve the > overall > quality of the cats...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:38:52 -0400
  The cat on our vans is cheap compared to other vehicles. Get it replaced. On Mar 18, 2012, at 11:54 AM, marc rose...
• Coolant Fill Crisis Resolved, how about sagging doors?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 03:00:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...finally found them at Big 10 in Doraville, GA for $69. Catalytic Converters for $120, prey, where!!!??? ____________________________________________________________________________ Donald Baxter 404-447-6831 (Work) JHK...
• Re: propane tubing fittings
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 21:31:15 -0600
  ...go to `87 Syncro and on page 2) for the Olympis Catalytic heater, and he left quite a bid of what appears to be...
• Re: Need Exhaust Part Number
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 21:23:26 -0600
  ...the muffler shop made up a "test pipe" to replace the catalytic converter. They welded up a couple of used 3 bolt flanges to...
• Re: REQ - Dead Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Donation
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:21:00 -0700
  ...Surely you misunderstood, and he's working on (say) a catalytic H2 cracker that sits in the garage and runs of natural gas or...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 4 Nov 2004 to 5 Nov 2004 - Special issue (#2004-1073)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:55:56 -0800
  ...Catalytic Heaters Hi gang, I am not wanting to start yet another thread on how safe or unsafe portable heaters are, so I hope...
• cutting off exhaust "elbow pipe"
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:15:16 -0400
  My exhaust pipe - the collector pipe to the catalytic converter - has a hole in it. I've patched it several times, but it really...
• Splicing the O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 08:08:53 -0600
  ...I'm going to be replacing most of the exhaust system next weekend, including the catalytic converter and O2 sensor. Trimming cost where I...
• halloween topic
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 08:49:15 -0500
  ...It is the sulphur oxides that attack the catalytic converters and causes the smell of 'rotten eggs' from exhausts. Karl '81 Westy "Jenny" Wilmington...
• Re: Sulfur-like exhaust smell??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:07:25 -0800
  That smell could be sulfur oxide being formed in the catalytic converter. A rich mixture will cause an increase in the formation of SO...
• Re: 2.1 Ernst Muffler Design and Failing Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 2 Jul 2017 17:55:15 -0700
  ...2.1 Ernst Muffler Design and Failing Catalytic Converter > When a cat element fails, do the pieces usually get blown out the tail > pipe...
• Re: parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:57:36 -0400
  ...that you are actually offering to SELL an illegal, hollowed > out catalytic converter? Don't even think about it. The converter is > on the...
• Re: Thermo System Inc. Phone Number Update
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 11:55:19 -0700
  ...The new > number is: > > 360/352-0539 > > The company sells the only vented catalytic heaters which can be installed > in motor homes/Vans. fyi...
• Re: exhaust leak
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 22:28:11 EDT
  ...fill in the irregularity of the flange (done it on old Catalytic convertors which seem to not want to seal properly even with new...
• Re: ...and speaking of BusDepot mufflers....
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:42:42 -0400
  ...Take the catalytic converter off. Go to wherever you buy stainless hardware fasteners. Take all pieces (including gaskets) into the hardware store and try...
• 84 Exhaust Question
  Historical mailing list - Philip Simmons
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 20:22:17 -0700
  ...Seems on the pipe that connects the "headers" to the Catalytic converter (called "Exhaust Connecting Pipe Header Pipes to Converter" on the busboys site...