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• Ox sensor use
  Historical mailing list - Jose R. Moscoso
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:25:40 -0400
  ...Today I took my '84 Westfalia for state-required inspection after installing the muffler and catalytic converter bought from BD. Surprisingly, the W***F...
• Re: 1.9L exhaust system comments
  Historical mailing list - Stones
  Thu, 2 May 2002 08:56:58 -0400
  ...for my 85 Westy - the exhaust > > was An '85 has a Catalytic converter after that y. They aren't going to get sucked into...
• Need to tighten my CAT!!!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 12:29:47 -0500
  ...Latest issue is the Oring gasket between the Stebro and the catalytic converter. Preplacing the bottom two bolts wasn't too hard, but anybody...
• Re: Venting With Propane Heater
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:27:22 -0500
  ...m all for >venting carbon monoxide, but would like to retain a little heat, too. > >I use a Coleman portable catalytic heater. > >Thanks! > >kgg
• Re: Removal of cat converter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:42:53 -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...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:29:04 -0400
  Yeah I know what you mean about getting behind a 60's V-8 engine car. You smell all kinds of stuff. To me...
• Re: FS Syncro in Bend Oregon $3000
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:26:37 EST
  ...The most recent > issues are the starter and now the catalytic converter. I have a spare > 2.1 > complete from ECU to exhaust from...
• Re: parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:16:43 -0500
  ...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: Non OEM VW Exhaust
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 16:04:28 EST
  ...The front pipe has broken off at the connector pipe, and the catalytic is broken off at the connector pipe. The muffler looks like...
• Re: 83 Vanagon stalling UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:58:56 -0700
  ...You might be running too high for smog without a catalytic > > converter, but that doesn't mean you're running too high for the...
• Re: US Vanagons vs European (Horsepower)
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:47:59 +0200
  ...Is it the Emissions regs and Catalytic Converters that > keep your power down? Well, first of all, I think German (or maybe European) horse...
• Re: Do I really need the Idle Stabilizer Valve?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 22 Sep 2001 12:30:59 -0500
  ...Without the ISV the ECU will probably run your engine to the rich side and eventually soot up and kill your catalytic converter, which...
• Digitool data and more info; need source for correct oxygen sensor.
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 15:59:44 -0400
  ...I believe it probably fried when my catalytic converter bit the dust. Anyway, I would like to find the sensor with the correct plug...
• Re: 87 Westfalia - Running hot?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Fri, 6 Oct 2023 17:49:08 +0000
  ...Stan suggested that I need to compare the input and output end of the catalytic converter, which I will do. >>>> Thanks for the suggestions...
• Re: Mufflers and OXS sensor-Catalytic converters!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:20:05 -0400
  ...Mufflers and OXS sensor David, if you are in California now, you will need the special "California only" aftermarket catalytic converter that is much...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:09:08 -0700
  there are countless gasoline vanagons running with a hollow cat. Doesn't hurt anything .. though a hollow cat does not flow quite as well...
• Fwd:Euro: Drive: FIX 85 Volkswagen vanagon, Poor-idle
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 01:51:27 EDT
  ...Thank you PS Sorry for long delay for the fix. ____________________ ORIGINAL MESSAGE: _____________________ Hello VW Techs Total lack of power ,removed catalytic convertebut no improvement...
• Plat cat heater in vanagon photo
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 19:59:41 -0800
  If anyone is interested, here is a photo of the vented platinum catalytic heater installation in my vanagon. http://members.tripod.com/~wetwesties/maryhill...
• Re: 82 WESTY PERFORMANCE
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 09:57:38 -0500
  ...82 WESTY PERFORMANCE It's even easier to take off the catalytic converter, ream out the contents and reinstall it however that won't...
• Re: Pacesetter muffler
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 3 Mar 2001 11:07:19 -0500
  ...However, it will not accept a catalytic converter or an egr filter. Fits '72-74 bus, '79 bus, and aircooled Vanagon. (Fits' 75-78...
• Re: How long will Vanagons be made in RSA?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 12:03:31 +1200
  ...left >hand driven (isn�t it?) and a catalytic convertor, still with the Audi5 >inline. > > >None of these news is 100% proof. However, that...
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter - Correct model for each FI system ?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Keese
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:20:31 -0400
  So...I tried a spark plug in the hole and it was too small. Does anyone know the size/thread pattern for the O2...
• Re: smog check, passed, but high NO
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:53:45 -0700
  ...bloody vehicles therein) the only fix was to get a new catalytic converter. which did the job. nitrous oxide is the stuff they're...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:06:15 -0700
  ...These would be the cats where a catalytic converter shop (just couldn't say "cat shop") actually replaces the guts of your catalytic converter...
• Re: Expected, normal, lifetime for the catalytic converter?
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:42:05 -0400
  I just pulled mine off to replace the whole system. 1989 130,000 miles. The inside is still intact, but the flanges have about...
• 1984 1.9 digijet for sale
  Historical mailing list - Emil Lehan
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:10:15 EST
  ...Along with the engine I have a newly rebuilt stock alternator, the AFM, ECU, Headers/muffler/catalytic converter, injectors and so on. All were...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:14:30 -0400
  ...2012 3:27 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it??? what does that mean 'move issue up...
• Re: Followup to last month's "Thar I was"
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:33:06 +0000
  ...The little Olympian 3100a catalytic heater is sufficient for camping > where highs are in the low 50s (F) and lows in the low 20s...
• Re: oh No!- My "New" 1984 Westy Shuts Down on the H-Way! CATALYIC CONVERTER
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 04:03:30 -0800
  ...top of > Rogers > >Pass, he told me to take off the catalytic converter and knock out > the > >bits. Inside the converter is a porcelin...
• Emissioins test failure
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:43:02 -0700
  ...The last time it failed 2 years ago, it failed only the NOX reading and I had to get a new catalytic converter that...
• Emissions failure Nox
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:03:10 -0700
  ...I called them and the first words out of their mouth were 'it probably needs a new catalytic converter'. I do know the van...
• Re: Emmissions help
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:04:24 -0700
  ...The Catalytic Converter ONLY works when it's HOT! > Try things that will increase the O2 like getting a high flow air filter > or...
• FW: FS 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:27:20 -0700
  ...161,000 miles--runs great > new head gasket > new exhaust and catalytic converter in the last year > cv joints great > > paint poor (metalic silver...
• Re: topping off the gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:23:37 EDT
  ...a few minutes afterwards? Is there some gas getting into the catalytic heater? There certainly isn't any gas spilling out on the ground...
• Re: Catalytic convertor
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:41:44 -0500
  > I am considering taking off my cat. conv. on my 87 syncro and using the > by-pass pipe offered by The Bus Depot. I...
• Re: Intermittant stalling
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 12:19:27 -0700
  ...In my experience, bad catalytic converters will tend to "strangle" the exhaust, resulting in a distinctly different tone to the exhaust and lack of...
• California Smog - '82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:18:04 -0800
  ...Had VW dealer set idle air mixture according to spec, put on a new catalytic converter and went for retest. Just barely failed CO...
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:46:25 -0600
  On 4/25/05 10:24, "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > The new cat I got from them had the same plug ... and...
• Re: Followup to last month's "Thar I was"
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:49:17 -0800
  ...Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> > >> Catalytic heaters don't generate carbon monoxide though they do >> consume oxygen and create carbon dioxide. "Crack your...
• Help for a guy in Belgium
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 20:58:46 -0800
  ...I dropped the catalytic, and tried again, but no luck > -- all I noticed was a LOT of gasoline dripping out a hole in another...
• Converter thieves pass me by
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:14:59 -0700
  Just got an email from our next door neighbor alerting us that the catalytic converter was stolen from his Honda Pilot some time in...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor HELP.....
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:16:30 -0400
  ...Not only is that bad for your MPG, it will also cause early failure of your catalytic converter, and it really sucks for the...
• Re: Replacing FI with Carbs on WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 08:03:00 -0500
  ...all contact points cleaned, go O2 sensor, tight exhaust system, good catalytic converter, properly working AFM and ECU, etc. He also explains that a...
• FS: '87 Syncro Westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  21 Apr 1996 17:56:50 GMT
  ...oil seal fix, new fuel filter, new tires, plugs, wires, O2 sensor, catalytic converter, new tranny & muffler at (70k?). Class 3 trailer hitch on...
• Loss of Power and Surging-Results!
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 10:35:08 PST
  ...alone!) My concern now is that I may have *destroyed* my catalytic converter and/or muffler with burning rich. My concern is that the...
• Catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:24:04 -0700
  LEGAL, MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES ASIDE, what are the pros and cons of gutting the cat. converter? There was something on the list about...
• Water pump, Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Jessee
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:20:45 -0700
  ...I ended up finally knocking out the Catalytic converter after reading up online. It made all the difference in the world, at least till...
• Re: Emissions Test Failure
  Historical mailing list - Quadrat
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:21:54 -0700
  ...want to get the engine good and warm so that the > catalytic converter is well heated so that it is doing the best job...
• Re: Catalytic converter comparisons
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:53:47 -0400
  ...about oxygen sensors; how about a comparison to a related item- catalytic converters? > > I'm buying the GoWesty stainless exhaust while it's on...
• Re: dryeastie
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:12:42 -0500
  ...legal besides a >catalytic converter? Appreciate your assistance Lisa Dear Lisa, Welcome in advance to Rhode Island. There are at least two of us...
• vanagon camper performance increase?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Mon, 4 Oct 2010 19:21:49 -0700
  ...I took out the catalytic converter with the intention of bashing out the innerts but no passages were clogged and it was an oversize...
• Re: 84 GL Exhaust System
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 May 1996 09:39:05 -0400
  ...Front, back, connector, catalytic, muffler >and pipe. I've priced the dealer and would rather buy a nice used car. >I've checked the...
• Exhaust parts for CA '80 2.0l FI needed!!!
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Doherr
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 08:41:19 -0800 (PST)
  ...The CA layout differs (as far as I know) from the standard one in that the catalytic converter is on the left side to...
• 85 Vanagon performance enhancements
  Historical mailing list - Ivan Boyd
  Fri, 27 Jun 1997 14:13:16 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Some people have told me the least expensive enhancement is to remove the catalytic converter and replace it with a straight pipe. Others have...
• Re: Burnt Van
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 18:56:45 -0700
  ...He had no idea about this problem but had heard of fires in Vanagon's that he thought were caused by the catalytic converter...
• Re: Ceramic Coat Catalytic Converter?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:35:16 EST
  ...Ceramic Coat Catalytic Converter? STAINLEES STEEL is the only way to beat this exhaust loss problem. My system on my '87 Westy is now...
• Re: re. Re: Ceramic Coat Catalytic Converter?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:11:57 -0600
  ...Ceramic Coat Catalytic Converter? > >Frank! > >You're full of crap. > >I've been coating exhaust systems with Ceramic for about 4 years now and...
• Re: Pic of melting wiring in my Air cooled '81. How's yours? --- :^)
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:54:47 -0800
  I think, when extra gas is being burnt up by the catalytic converter, it overheats to red hot, and the area is affected too...
• Re: Exhaust question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:46:30 -0400
  ...856-327-2242 On 9/29/2010 6:26 PM, aaron wrote: > Muffler/catalytic converter is toast, kaput, gone as it were. Any > suggestions...
• Re: Tapping under rear passenger wheel area
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:39:59 -0800
  ...Could it be a broken insides of the catalytic converter clinking around occasionally?have someone rev the engine on and off while you listen...