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• Re: Excellent Catalytic Heater at Ebay
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 22:38:51 -0700
  ...steve Marshall Ruskin wrote: > > Volks: > Check out this catalytic heater with an oxygen depletion sensor at Ebay - > it's a good one. Search on...
• Re: Sulfur smell on acceleration
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:29:37 -0600
  It would be the catalytic converter. But why you are getting that smell in the van is a different matter. Can't help - don...
• Exhaust question
  Historical mailing list - aaron
  Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:26:55 -0500
  Muffler/catalytic converter is toast, kaput, gone as it were. Any suggestions for an 82 Air Cooled that lives in a state with no...
• Why does O2 sensor require heater?
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 29 May 1996 07:55:49 -0700
  ...Why does the Vanagon's O2 sensor need a heating element if it is sitting in the catalytic converter which is quite hot?
• Re: funky exhaust odors
  Historical mailing list - John Brown
  Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:34:14 -0800
  I don't know for sure but I have heard that the rotten egg/hydrogen sulfide smell is caused by a bad catalytic converter...
• Re: Wesipes
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:05:50 -0500
  ...still going to try to > find where the hottest area of the engine compartment really is. Catalytic converter Now we're cook'n -Larry
• Re: More Mr heater..
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Thu, 22 Dec 2016 23:02:54 +0000
  ...Heater, and others, catalytic propane, create a lot of water vapour in a Vanagon.  That seems to be fake news, or perhaps an exaggeration...
• Re: Coleman Plat Cat Heater Report
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:38:17 -0500
  >We also had a catalytic heater in the early 70s. Ours was a Coleman, >round base, dome shaped top, with a wire "grill" covering...
• Re: glossary for acronyms and terms
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 19:23:19 -0500
  ...02, and Catalytic Converter > > > > It is illegal for *anyone* in this country to sell a used catalytic > > converter. YMMV. > > > > Personally I'd shy away...
• Re: my 83.5 Vanagon gets no power
  Historical mailing list - Don in Phoenix
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 18:19:57 -0700
  ...It's a blown catalytic converter, and o2 > sensor. He wants to charge me $987 to repair it. Seems way to high, but he...
• Re: Catalytic test pipe
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 1 Jan 2012 17:29:34 -0800
  ...a Happy New Year. > > Do any of our vendors sell a CATALYTIC TEST PIPE I can put in my exhaust system. > > Just about got...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 19:16:34 -0800
  ...Can you explain how this can be so? How does an > >unvented catalytic heater (vented with windows open a crack) create more > >water vapor...
• Re: stove=heater=safe?
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Mon, 14 Nov 1994 19:32:42 -0800 (PST)
  ...Non-vented catalytic heaters emit only water vapor (which can cause corrosion). But they do consume oxygen. So a window needs to be open...
• Re: Performance Exhaust for Vanagons (clarification)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:11:37 EST
  ...The > really good news is that this complete exhaust system (no catalytic convertor) > is only $280. > Is an exhaust without a cat legal anywhere...
• Running Poor after replacing leaky exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Tue, 7 May 2002 18:44:27 -0400
  ...Is this just due to the back pressure of the catalytic converter and muffler, or am I imagining things? It also seems to run...
• Re: Rattle in catalytic converter? 88 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:48:18 +0000
  ...Rattle in catalytic converter? 88 Vanagon >Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:25:53 -0500 > >John Graham wrote: ><snip> >I noticed that I have...
• O2 sensor clarications
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 13:38:21 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor, in my opinion, is really a safety valve for the catalytic converter. One of the catalytic convertors primary functions is to...
• '79 bus stock exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 10:46:06 -0500
  ...They sell exhaust systems for '74-'78 1/2 bus, which had no catalytic converter. They also sell exhaust systems for '79 1/2...
• Re: Head corrosion
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Sat, 25 Apr 1998 07:12:35 +0100
  Here in Sweden leaking heads are very common, and most of the Transporters here do not have catalytic converters, I believe. ************************************************************ Johan Nyberg, Sweden...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters (again)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:13:22 -0500
  ...The catalytic > RV heaters (I have an Olympian) are designed > to run at low pressures. I eventually chose > an unvented catalytic heater because I...
• Re: Vanagon alternative fuel
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:07:17 -0600
  ...I suspect that there might be some majorly >negative effects to the catalytic converter too. Okay folks, I don't seem to be getting...
• Re: Platinum Cat Heater
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 08:13:02 -0700
  ...and start fires. >Cheaper, and certainly safer than using a non-catalytic heater indoors. > >These I don't recommend for overnight use because the...
• Re: muffler for 88 WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 3 Mar 2004 00:32:00 -0600
  ...O2 sensor, Catalytic converter, muffler, tailpipe. Everything just bolted right together. Fit right into the brackets on the vehicle. regards, John Rodgers 88 GL...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:27:40 -0700
  ...2012 7:29 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it??? "That's why they have incentivized diesels...
• tailgaters - Fryday fun!
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 19:56:45 +0000
  No, no, simple solution to tailgaters - well, simple if you do not have a catalytic converter. Different methods for carbuerated versus FI engines but...
• Re: Euro Vanagons 2.1L have 112 horsies.....
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:13:35 +0100
  Besides the higher compression, the "DJ" engine has no catalytic converter (the last wasserboxer without it)and no lambda sensor. Not useful for the...
• Re: Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:11:55 -0500
  Fix it...besides the fuel economy issue, long-term rich running will eventually kill your catalytic converter. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94...
• Re: Rattle in catalytic converter? 88 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:34:27 -0600
  Platinum, is a "Heavy Metal"! Plus the exhaust products that re-act to it makes the dust that is a killer. Howard > I thought...
• Re: Vanagon 1.9 Cat on Jetta 2.0 engine?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:06:07 -0400
  I used a 1.9 catalytic converter on my 93 Fox. Works fine, is the same part number, and passed emissions. It looks rather...
• Re: 86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Silvia Carranza
  Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:38:33 -0500
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1213_724/california_legal_catalytic_converter.html On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 6:11 PM...
• re: HELP 1985 Westy Losing Power
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Fri, 4 Oct 96 09:09:17 UT
  If the van runs fine cold then slowly loses power as it warms up, the catalytic converter could be clogged or you have a...
• Muffler/Catalytic prices?
  Historical mailing list - James, Daniel
  Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:16:55 -0800
  '83 Westy wasserboxer Mechanic quoted me for a new cat and mufferl @ $250 each. Since I've never bought either of these, is that...
• Need Exhaust Part Number
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 18:19:10 -0400
  Canadian 1980 Vanagons came with a small pipe in place of the catalytic converter. Does anyone know the part number for this pipe and...
• Re: Loud Engine
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:35:08 -0700
  > Does he have a gutted out catalytic converter? > Nope. He changed the cat last year and he says it sounded the same before as...
• Re: Catalytic Converter Choice
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:48:39 +0000
  ...Thanks in advance for any additional comments regarding catalytic converters. Skip ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat <psdooley@verizon.net> To: 'Skip' <skiplaubach@COMCAST.NET> Sent...
• Re: Coleman Plat Cat Heater Report
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 7 Jan 2000 18:42:21 -0800
  Wendy & John, I don't believe the catalytic heater had been invented twenty years ago. One of the reasons it was invented is because...
• Catalytic converter question...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 13:18:56 -0700
  Can anyone tell me why the catalytic converter on air-cooled, California vans is unique from that of 49-state versions? I realize that...
• WTB: 81 Federal Emissions Parts
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 08:51:55 -0400
  ...The muffler/catalytic converter/tailpipe seem to be readily available new from several vendors: the EGR parts are more troublesome...anyone have any to...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome??
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:51:32 -0600
  ...Raceingcajun wrote: > The best way to check for a stopped up exhaust/catalytic converter, or >any other exhaust restriction. Is to put a vacuum...
• Re: Can you clean a catalytic converter?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:11:55 -0500
  ...Can you clean a catalytic converter? Hey All, Bought a used catalytic converter with 90,000 miles on it. It's not clogged but...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 00:07:27 -0600
  ...Consider the heating effect per pound of propane from a direct vented catalytic heater vs. a non direct vented catalytic heater. They are both...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:20:13 -0400
  > > I do think we should all be doing our part to protect resources. mcneely I can certainly agree with that. -- Thanks, Jeff '85 GL...
• Re: Camping heater for an '86 Westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 1994 17:08:23 -0800
  With these installed vented catalytic propane heaters, do you still have to leave the window open a bit? If so, don't you lose...
• Re: More Catalytic Converter questions
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:06:28 -0400
  George, The Oxygen sensor measures.....well, Oxygen. Seems to me, a flaw at it's base is very likely to corrupt it's readings...
• Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 01:07:04 +0200
  ...Revisiting the Catalytic Converter... Recently my Catalytic converter melted, and after a lot of great advice, I took it off and gutted the cat...
• Re: More Mr heater..
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:25:32 +0000
  ...Heater, and others, catalytic propane, create a lot of water vapour in a Vanagon.  That seems to be fake news, or perhaps an exaggeration...
• Catalytic Heater Review
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Sun, 25 Sep 1994 12:23:39 -0700 (PDT)
  Catalytic heater review I have just completed the installation and testing of a catalytic space heater in my 1986 Westfalia, and with winter coming...
• Re: '88 GL - Gradual Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - walkingboss
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:23:40 -0500
  How to diagnosis stopped up exhaust, including catalytic converter, muffler, collapsed exhaust pipe, BANANA UP THE TAIL PIPE (Eddie Murphy Beverly Hills Cop), etc...
• Re: catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 14:42:19 -0700
  ...Many folks have successfully used the Plat Cat VENTED > catalytic heater, by Thermal Systems, out of Washington (I believe Olympia). > We bought one, and...
• Re: 82 WESTY PERFORMANCE
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 10:43:39 -0400
  It's even easier to take off the catalytic converter, ream out the contents and reinstall it however that won't help you through...
• Re: All catalytics are not create equal
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:54:32 -0700
  ...decision to go with the Olympian or the much cheaper walmart > catalytic or the more expensive and installation-heavy vented. I don't > have...
• Re: NEED HELP Olympian Catalytic heater installation
  Historical mailing list - Bill Protzek
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 04:42:21 -0800
  ...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: my 83.5 Vanagon gets no power
  Historical mailing list - Geo Hahn
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 18:21:59 -0700
  ...It's a blown catalytic converter, > and o2 > sensor. He wants to charge me $987 to repair it. Seems way to high, > but he...
• VW Westy Engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - Amy
  Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:36:01 -0800
  1986 Volkswagen – Vanagon GL 2.1L, H4 (129CI) 160,000 miles New hoses Passed SMOG 5/14 Replaced catalytic converter 5/14 Solid foundation...
• Re: '85 Cluster
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Choulat
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 19:12:53 -0500 (EST)
  ...m not sure what to do about the engine, but you could easily take 500-600 off the catalytic converter cost. Trace -- 93 MV
• Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 23:13:58 -0400
  ...I'll replace that catalytic converter when it fails. I'll walk to the grocer, the doctor, the barber, and work at home rather...
• Re: Scary happening plus fuel injectors/catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:41:23 -0400
  ...all eventually lead to catalytic converter failure. Yes the injectors are easy to change. You can also do some testing on them. The Bentley...
• Re: LVC shop heater
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 07:17:58 -0700
  ...The heater to which I refer has a flue just like a fireplace it is NOT a catalytic will produce both CO and HC...
• Re: California catalytic converter needed
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:07:28 -0400
  Doug - Don't blame the cat yet. I had the same high NOx symptoms in my 85 and they were of intake and exhaust...
• Re: Cold Start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 1994 08:15:49 -0400
  The main reason not to jump start is that for vehicles with a catalytic converter it burps raw gasoline into the cat. The cat...