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• Re: Plat Cat... for real!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:10:24 -0500
  ...And the catalyst bed is fragile. Instructions say if it gets a hole in it, patch it with some pulled from elsewhere on the...
• Re: Empty Cat. Converter
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:27:21 -0700
  ...It too had an empty catalyst. I > remember thinking that this was strange as I bought > the Vanagon from a VW dealer (they shouldn...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Mar 2014 00:16:03 -0500
  ...Most VWs including the vanagon do have EGR so they must rely on the engine producing less and the 3-way catalyst taking care...
• Re: Urgent: NEED HELP, Weird Van Thing
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:12:19 -0400
  ...As for the steam and water coming out of your exhaust, that is a normal thing, particularly when the catalyst is functioning correctly. Connect...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:31:22 -0700
  ...Cold Air Intake Magnaflow also sells the smaller non CARB approved catalyst for the Vanagon. The GW muffler is also from Magnaflow. Over advanced...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:00:35 -0400
  ...Make sure the O2 sensor system is working properly and at catalyst > replacement time consider the big bucks of OEM. I have yet to...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:51:56 -0600
  ...In a perfect world the catalyst should last a real good long time. However there are many things that happen to reduce the life...
• Re: Help needed for 88 Cabriolet emissions failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:15:25 -0400
  ...Check the timing, then replace the catalyst. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Karen Gritis...
• Re: Catalytic converter comparisons
  Historical mailing list - Edward
  Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:12:05 -0400
  ...Like all after-market cats, it has a 25,000 mile catalyst warranty and a 50,000 mile rust-through warranty. I don't...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:57:38 -0600
  ...fail in one of two ways, they plug up or >> the catalyst gets contaminated. >> >> >> Tom >> www.towercooler.com >> www.stir-plate.com >> >> >> -----Original Message...
• Re: poo powder and related
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 8 Oct 2011 16:25:12 -0500
  ...In addition to the unidentified "non-toxic polymer," the powder contains a "decay causing catalyst," in other materials described as an "enzyme." Maybe you...
• Re: Looks like a Westie...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:41:17 -0400
  ...Some even think it's too noisy and turn > to > > > catalyst type heaters. > > > You have to get used to something... > > > > > > Steven > > > 91 Westy > > >
• Re: paint job
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 6 Dec 1999 14:02:35 -0800
  ...The paint and materials ran about $170 (1 qt paint, reducer, catalyst, scuffing pad, lacquer thinner for clean up, plastic, etc.), flattener would have...
• Re: esoteric question about 1.9 distributor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Oct 2014 10:36:41 -0400
  ...Say good bye to the catalyst. The vacuum retard is there to allow more advance under load but to reduce it a part throttle...
• Re: Help Educate Me
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:58:07 -0500
  ...The cat takes in raw exhaust and passes it over a catalyst bed which promotes oxidation and other chemical combinations to clean up stuff...
• Re: Diesel (AAZ) engine conversion questions ULSD availability
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:51:54 -0500
  ...Similar to lead in > catalyst equipped cars. > > Dennis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sam Walters > Date: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:48 am > Subject: Re: Diesel...
• Re: 85 exhaust supports needed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 4 Aug 2001 19:26:14 -0400
  ...025 251 245 J pipe to catalyst-collector junction. 025 251 227 A The second and third are about $18 and $27, not sure...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:33:29 -0700
  ...Cold Air Intake Magnaflow also sells the smaller non CARB approved catalyst for the Vanagon. The GW muffler is also from Magnaflow. Over advanced...
• Re: CNN@lenti.umn.edu?& more Diesel proublem
  Historical mailing list - Erik C Peterson
  Mon, 7 Apr 1997 09:38:41 -0700 (PDT)
  The same reducing and oxydizing catalysts we use on our car engines can be used on lawnmowers and boats. The price wouldn't be...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 18:28:11 -0800
  ...For diagnosing, you really want to measure the CO > before the catalyst. That is why there is a test port. > > I'll go over...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 1 Feb 2015 20:00:13 -0600
  ...Must be nice to live in an area where a shop will remove a > catalyst. Without the cat you may not need the O2...
• Re: Oil question....not the dreaded which motor oil is best
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:03:44 -0700
  ...The real early heavy duty Diesel oils can affect the catalyst and O2 sensors. (Dennis) Your knowledge here needs updating ... ESP = emission systems protection...
• Re: My European 112hp boxer motor passed Air Care!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 May 2003 23:39:20 -0400
  ...Should be under 1.0 before the Catalyst. The 342 HC reading is a sign the Cat is also gone or not working. Here...
• Re: Option Decoder
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 23:59:38 -0700
  ...005=Heater outlet in rear seat, and 764 is for the catalyst retrofit (converter). The last row has the production date, import port, and...
• Re: French Fry Exhaust, Was: biodesiel
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 23:17:03 -0800
  ...forget. (If I remember the process correctly, lye is merely a catalyst which means it should be left at the end of the esterification...
• A little bit of Red....
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:36:30 -0500
  ...adh�rent) + clear coat + catalyst + diluent = you don't want to know the total price!!! here is the cool picture, as i had no...
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:55:56 -0400
  ...you are also heating it up and splashing it excessively and destroying the catalyst buy putting all that oil into it. It is also...
• Re: Westy roof strength
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:09:51 -0700
  ...By the way I sanded my top with 80 and 120 grit and painted it with automotive acrylic enamel with a catalyst bright white...
• Re: Expected, normal, lifetime for the catalytic converter?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:41:43 -0400
  ...I did think the catalyst itself could be bad > without the converter being plugged, but, how would you know that? I > guess the oxygen...
• Re: Empty Cat. Converter
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:20:25 -0300
  ...It too had an empty catalyst. I > > remember thinking that this was strange as I bought > > the Vanagon from a VW dealer (they shouldn...
• Re: oops, more questions on O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:48:30 -0400
  ...Engine oil has > recently been reformulated as it was destroying O2 sensor and catalysts. > To make things worse, new ones are not always good...
• Re: Power loss - '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 25 May 2017 22:28:54 -0500
  ...Problem could be fuel supply, engine management such as O2 or > temp sensor or blocked exhaust such as a bad catalyst. Was this the...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:45:55 -0400
  ...It's all about getting the catalyst to 'light up'. James Ottawa, ON > Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:59:37 -0400 > From: d23haynes57...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:42:04 -0500
  ...Dennis, he may have made reference to the sulfur dioxide that is in the exhaust gas if the catalyst is poisoned. You can sure...
• Re: poo powder and related
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 8 Oct 2011 19:09:00 -0500
  ...In addition to the unidentified "non-toxic polymer," the powder contains a "decay causing catalyst," in other materials described as an "enzyme." > > Maybe you...
• Re: Vanagon 1.9 Cat on Jetta 2.0 engine?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:25:06 -0700
  ...And.....BTW - I believe that a hollowed out cat does not flow as properly as a cat with good catalyst material in it. If...
• Re: Why has the list been so quiet lately/ 1.9TD
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 21:13:10 -0500
  ...Emissions? A TD with a catalyst will surprise you how with clean it runs. Don't forget also how easy diesels are to diagnose...
• Re: Single wire Oxygen sensor: Substitution report..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 1 Nov 2014 08:44:13 -0700
  > > Since you're not running a catalyst you could figure a way to tune things > so the O2 sensor is not needed. > I have...
• Re: simple heat for stove top, e-bay
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:26:59 -0500
  ...I do not believe the screen is any type of catalyst but the top of it will glow red. The only down side is...
• Re: Emissions testing 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 16:13:26 -0500
  ...The borderline NOX reading here indicates the catalyst is shot and or the ignition timing is too advanced. The good Co reading indicates the...
• Re: '88 Exhaust help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Sep 2012 10:43:56 -0400
  ...can be problem for the O2 sensor and if enough the catalyst. From the factory sillycone wasn't used on anything. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Catalytic Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Robert S.Williams, MD-laptop
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 03:25:07 -0600
  ...the platinum catalyst pretty well ensures that combustion will be complete and therefore minimal, or no, carbon monoxide will be formed. Most of those...
• Re: six cylinder vanagons
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:50:58 EDT
  ...a message dated 98-07-15 Kennedy wrote: > ><< One of the catalysts for my long > dream of a Porsche=powered Vanagon was a conversion...
• Re: Alternate fuels
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 03:44:35 -0700
  ...Finally there is producing hydrogen from carbohydrate sources, including the fellow who's doing it with sugar and a catalyst. This method has some...
• Re: Go Westy 30 mm oil pump kit (review) Oil pressure update - 85 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 13 Aug 2016 14:25:20 -0400
  ...Increased oil consumption, catalyst contamination, leaks, etc. Are all considerations. If oil pressure is now sufficient to keep the warning lights off you are...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 09:53:35 -0600
  ...The only thing our engines have besides the low state of tune to > control NOx is the 3 way catalyst and O2 sensor system...
• Re: omni engine...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:36:00 -0500
  ...In 81, O2 sensor trim was added to support the 3 way catalyst. I can't recall the water pump but all the other...
• Re: ECU Chip Upgrade Info/Dennis Haynes concerns
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 10:54:45 -0400
  ...Dennis also worries about having a richer mixture damaging the catalyst. Yes, this thing needs to have a third round of discussion before it...
• Re: new CARB rules for cats in Calif?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:29:23 -0500
  ...New CARB regulations that went into effect on > January 1, > 2009 now require all exhaust catalyst devices that are sold in California > regardless > of...
• Re: Electronic Rust Protection?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:49:05 -0700
  ...In other words the CounterAct >>>system acts like a catalyst altering the rate of the reaction >>>without actually affecting any change in the thermodynamics...
• propane catalytic heater article
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Jul 94 22:29:14 CDT
  ...HOW THEY WORK In operation, catalytic heaters burn propane over a flat pad that is impregnated with a platinum catalyst, allowing combustible oxidation (no...
• Re: A little bit of Red....
  Historical mailing list - Paulus Tsai
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:45:14 -0800
  ...adh�rent) + clear coat + > catalyst + diluent = you don't want to know the total price!!! here > is the > cool picture, as i had no...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:25:19 -0500
  ...the sulfur dioxide that is in the exhaust gas if the catalyst is poisoned. You can sure smell that when you are near a...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sun, 10 Jul 2016 06:18:30 -0400
  ...The only thing our engines have besides the low state of tune to > control NOx is the 3 way catalyst and O2 sensor system...
• Re: Subaru 2.2L Conversion and Vanagon Evap Canister Integration
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Apr 2016 21:22:28 -0400
  ...Most likely a new catalyst will fix it. Don't be cheap on this or you will fail again in a year. Get the...
• Re: Oil question....not the dreaded which motor oil is best
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:52:11 -0800
  ...The real early heavy duty > Diesel oils can affect the catalyst and O2 sensors. (Dennis) > > > Your knowledge here needs updating ... > > ESP = emission systems protection...
• Re: Dual Webbers on a 2.1 water cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 19:32:35 -0400
  ...You will also have to remove the catalyst as it will be burned out shortly anyway. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 4 Mar 2014 23:29:30 -0500
  ...Most VWs including the vanagon do have EGR so > they must rely on the engine producing less and the 3-way catalyst taking > care...
• Re: I4 emission issues
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 22:44:53 -0700
  ...All three gasses being high > also indicates a failed catalyst. Do you have CIS-e with the O2 sensor? > Make sure that is working...
• Re: 20/50 full syntetic motorcycle oil
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:10:49 +0000
  ...2007 and later Diesels require the now current low Sulphur > fuel, (<15 ppm) and different oils due to them also having catalysts and > other...