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• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 10:46:51 -0800
  ...Must be nice to live in an area where a shop will remove a catalyst. Without the cat you may not need the O2...
• Adventurewagen info for those who have asked (long)...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 27 Jul 2000 22:02:31 -0700
  ...The catalyst is listed as being unique to California models only, so some vendors listed as such and others list it as the same...
• Re: Overfilling the oil issues
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 24 May 2011 13:54:23 -0400
  ...That extra oil >>> going through the engine also damages the catalyst and o2 sensor. If >>> really >>> overfilled and kept at high speed long enough...
• Re: simple heat for stove top, e-bay
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:08:40 -0800
  ...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: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:00:14 -0700
  ...CA versions for that year is the >> CA gets a larger catalyst, 3-way, located on the side instead of the >> rear and closed...
• Re: Carb conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:38:07 -0400
  ...Almost all from 81 on had these carbs somewhat computer controlled to support the O2 sensor which was needed for the 3 way catalyst...
• Re: 82 Westy cleaning and/or painting of the Pop Top?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Thomas
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:49:02 -0400
  ...One quart of each, plus the requisite reducer and catalyst hardener. I used a PPG flattening agent in the enamel to get a semi...
• Re: which catalytic heater?
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 22:32:13 -0800
  ...have no way of knowing about the state of the platinum catalyst as to > contamination or anything and I don't know how efficient...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:21:34 -0600
  ...CA versions for that year is the >>> CA gets a larger catalyst, 3-way, located on the side instead of the >>> rear and closed...
• Re: Overfilling the oil issues
  Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
  Tue, 24 May 2011 18:09:44 +0000
  ...This is due to the extra churning and aeration. >>> That extra oil going through the engine also damages the catalyst >>> and o2 sensor. If...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 18:41:16 -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: TiiCo California Smog Legal!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:34:38 -0800
  ...2.0L, 115hp, 122ft.lbs, K-Motronic with catalyst. The engine code is AAD or 3A. REAL LIFE: There was never an Audi 80...
• Re: Electric conversions (Chevy Volt)-some trivia
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Sep 2012 09:51:03 -0400
  ...I don't remember what the catalyst was but everything was always red hot. All the hydrogen piping in the plant was done in...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:08:52 -0700
  ...The catalyst is most > likely shot. More concerning is while that cylinder was down the remaining > three had to work harder to compensate. That...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:49:11 -0700
  ...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: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:26:55 -0400
  ...CA versions for that year is the >> CA gets a larger catalyst, 3-way, located on the side instead of the >> rear and closed...
• Re: CA Smog Failed - 1985 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:27:54 -0700
  ...I believe it is the 3-way catalyst emission control system that brings the emission down to the required level. OBD-2 is just...
• Re: Bluetec diesel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:29:51 -0800
  ...The part that I think is weird is the substance that > they > > > are using as the catalyst in the Bluetec cat. They called it...
• Re: simple heat for stove top, e-bay
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:02:35 -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: Bit o' stopped Rust
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:24:25 -0500
  ...After you mix the catalyst and the putty together, the color should be that of the wiper. Then it's properly mixed. You don...
• Re: 82 Westy cleaning and/or painting of the Pop Top?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:18:04 -0500
  ...One quart of > each, plus the requisite reducer and catalyst hardener. > I used a PPG flattening agent in the enamel to get a semi...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 12:29:45 -0800
  ...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: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 3 Feb 2015 22:21:05 -0500
  ...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: Failed emissions for third time-Some helpful hints.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:19:26 -0400
  ...As for after treatment, the Catalyst is the device to reduce the NOx along with unburned hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. This is why it...
• Re: UPDATE - Odd Brake Bleeding issue in 90 Westy & Rebuild - Drove van today!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:25:40 -0400
  ...Test pipe in place of catalyst? Probably no need for O2 sensor. Great job, obviously a lot of work. May the vanagon force be...
• Re: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:43:58 -0700
  ...I've written about the 3 way catalyst in the past. You need excess O2 to reduce CO and unburned HC. You need oxygen...
• Re: [Adventurewagen] Need to sell my van : ( Another victim of bad diagnostic skills! This really bothers me
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Mon, 2 Jun 2014 10:30:55 -0400
  ...What really sucks is that this new catalyst is probably > > > being destroyed from the original problem not being corrected. The > > > real shame is this...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 17:51:35 -0500
  ...Make sure the O2 sensor system is working properly >>>> and at catalyst replacement time consider the big bucks of OEM. I have >>>> yet to...
• politics of e85 RE: E85 in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 21 May 2007 17:53:25 -0400
  ...It's cheaper to make GDI engines than fit light duty diesels with 5 way ammonia or nox catalysts, unless there's a breakthrough...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:45:52 -0500
  ...The catalyst is most >>> likely shot. More concerning is while that cylinder was down the >>> remaining >>> three had to work harder to compensate. >>> >> >> That...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 22:54:20 +0000
  ...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: NVC Re: VW gave diesel drivers what they wanted! Tailpipe Emissions!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 15:01:33 -0400
  ...Bad catalysts, over advanced ignition timing, O2 sensors, EGR valves, you name it that test would fail for anything wrong. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Bluetec diesel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:58:15 -0800
  ...The part that I think is weird is the substance that they > > are using as the catalyst in the Bluetec cat. They called it...
• RE: Auxillary Heater (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Clark M. Carr
  18 Apr 97 01:31:33 EDT
  ...When the thermostat calls for heat, an electric heating element lights the gas without flame or spark. (The presence of the platinum catalyst allows...
• Re: Overfilling the oil issues
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 24 May 2011 14:37:29 -0400
  ...That extra > oil > >>> going through the engine also damages the catalyst and o2 sensor. If > >>> really > >>> overfilled and kept at high speed long enough...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 3 Feb 2015 19:52:42 -0800
  ...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: AFM failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:56:57 -0700
  ...I've written about the 3 way catalyst in the past. You need excess O2 to reduce CO and unburned HC. You need oxygen...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 23:57:26 -0700
  ...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: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 14:01:32 -0700
  ...Must be nice to live in an area where a shop will remove a >> catalyst. Without the cat you may not need the O2...
• On I4 and TIICO Exhaust Fixes
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 02:13:39 EDT
  ...headers are probably mild steel tubing as are most muffler and catalyst casings. Of course, a high class system will have substantial stainless content...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 13:51:43 -0800
  ...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: NVC Re: VW gave diesel drivers what they wanted! Tailpipe Emissions!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:58:13 -0500
  ...Bad catalysts, over advanced ignition timing, O2 sensors, EGR valves, you name it that test would fail for anything wrong. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From...
• Re: exhaust bolts / studs... tips or tricks?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 18 May 2008 12:05:34 -0700
  ...Penetrating catalyst, Nothing else even comes close. It is twice as good as Gunk's liquid wrench say. Yes, spray it on the bolts...
• Re: Overfilling the oil issues
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 24 May 2011 19:13:34 -0400
  ...That extra >> oil >>>>> going through the engine also damages the catalyst and o2 sensor. If >>>>> really >>>>> overfilled and kept at high speed long enough...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:09:42 -0700
  ...The catalyst is most >>>> likely shot. More concerning is while that cylinder was down the >>>> remaining >>>> three had to work harder to compensate. >>>> >>> That...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:31:00 -0700
  ...The catalyst is most >> likely shot. More concerning is while that cylinder was down the remaining >> three had to work harder to compensate. > > That...
• Re: politics of e85 RE: E85 in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Tue, 22 May 2007 10:33:22 -0600
  ...It's > cheaper to make GDI engines than fit light duty diesels with 5 way ammonia > or nox catalysts, unless there's a breakthrough...
• Re: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:42:01 -0600
  ...This was the catalyst for the production of newer higher quality oils, many of them man-made rather than mineral-based. Mineral or synthetic...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:43:13 -0500
  ...The catalyst is most >>> likely shot. More concerning is while that cylinder was down the >>> remaining >>> three had to work harder to compensate. >>> >> >> That...
• Re: Failed emissions for third time-Some helpful hints.
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 13:05:44 -0700
  ...As for after treatment, the Catalyst is the device to reduce the NOx along with unburned hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. This is why it...
• Engine swap project report
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 18:40:49 -0400
  ...The catalyst was low oil pressure gauge reading in our 1.9l. We started occasionally having a flickering oil light at idle and a...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:02:40 -0700
  ...The catalyst is most >>>> likely shot. More concerning is while that cylinder was down the >>>> remaining >>>> three had to work harder to compensate. >>>> >>> That...
• Re: Engine question just curious (long winded reply)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:53:00 -0700
  ...Fuel injection and reduced compression got them out of catalysts for many 75-80 models but 81 was a magic year for NOx standards...
• Re: 10/07 TIPS for Passing CA test-only smog? An 1981 air-cooled Vanagon camper
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 9 Oct 2015 01:50:37 -0400
  ...Even 81 and up where three way catalysts and O2 sensors are there for NOx reduction. As for the EGR filter cooler and valve...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:40:07 -0700
  ...The catalyst is most >>> likely shot. More concerning is while that cylinder was down the >>> remaining >>> three had to work harder to compensate. >>> >> >> That...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:05:49 -0500
  ...The catalyst is most > likely shot. More concerning is while that cylinder was down the > remaining > three had to work harder to compensate. > > > That...
• Re: politics of e85 RE: E85 in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 22 May 2007 15:06:13 -0500
  ...than fit light duty diesels with 5 way ammonia >> or nox catalysts, unless there's a breakthrough, watch the BLUETEC >> initiative to see if...
• ECU/Ratio Rocker Info
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Dongilli
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 20:14:36 -0700
  ...area. >Dennis also worries about having a richer mixture damaging the catalyst. Sure, a rich mixture will cause problems......but again, if you run...
• Transporter, Caravelle, Multivan etc.
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Mon, 1 Sep 1997 14:51:05 +0200
  ...lock, 1.6 l Turbodiesel or 2.1 l Digijet (no catalyst) or 2.1 l Digifant (with catalytic converter). Highly desirable. Pop up...
• Re: politics of e85 RE: E85 in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Tue, 22 May 2007 13:20:51 -0400
  ...than fit light duty diesels with 5 way >> ammonia >> or nox catalysts, unless there's a breakthrough, watch the BLUETEC >> initiative to see if...