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Catalytic converter
Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
Sun, 14 Mar 1999 13:56:33 -0500
Well, my catalytic converter just snapped at the header flange. At least it happened in my driveway. (While I was bleeding the cooling system...
Re: Catalytic converter
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:11:20 -0700
...Catalytic converter > I'm wondering if my cat is blocked. > I have a cat from a 1.9 in front of me and am...
Re: Catalytic converter noise
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sat, 8 May 2004 09:37:23 -0600
...Catalytic converter noise Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 08:22:05 -0700 Just in the last couple of weeks, I've started to hear...
Re: overheating issues
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Wed, 7 Sep 2005 12:21:04 -0400
...The Bently has the exact difference.Is your ignition timing correct? This can cause excess heat.Correct spark plugs? Catalytic converter that is plugged...
Re: overheating issues
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Wed, 7 Sep 2005 12:21:04 -0400
...The Bently has the exact difference.Is your ignition timing correct? This can cause excess heat.Correct spark plugs? Catalytic converter that is plugged...
tailgaters - Fryday fun!
Historical mailing list - James T.
Fri, 25 Jan 2002 19:56:45 +0000
...do not have a catalytic converter. Different methods for carbuerated versus FI engines but result is same - smoke screen. You go out and get...
Catalytic converter
Historical mailing list - Rob
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:35:38 -0700
...I see a screen (both sides) and a little bit of light makes it thru. I don't know what I'm supposed to...
84 Exhaust Question
Historical mailing list - Philip Simmons
Mon, 4 Aug 2003 20:22:17 -0700
...headers" to the Catalytic converter (called "Exhaust Connecting Pipe Header Pipes to Converter" on the busboys site) there is a "screw on cap" that...
Re: Low MPG & Carbon Monoxide Smell
Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
Thu, 7 May 1998 22:55:21 -0700
...getting it off, and so you don't damage the Catalytic converter it screws into. before you go to bed one night, soak the...
Where is *your* O2 Sensor?
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
Sat, 18 May 2002 10:07:50 -0500
Folks, On my '89 Westy, my O2 sensor is screwed into my catalytic converter. It's attached just beyond where the exhaust pipe connects...
Re: plugged catalytic converter on 1.9 wbx
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Sun, 20 May 2007 23:42:47 -0500
...plywood on the wall with several shapes and sizes of catalytic converters screwed to it, with a dollar amount on each. I haven't...
A little help, Literally
Historical mailing list - SKP
Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:48:23 -0700
...Catalytic converter. On this down pipe there is a little probe fitting that has a metal screw on cap. Well.. my little screw on...
Re: [tiico]replacing catalytic converter.
Historical mailing list - westydriver
Sat, 28 Sep 2002 22:01:05 -0600
if the sensor originally had some anitseaze compound applied they usually will screw out with a little effort. if the compound was never applied...
rattle-rattle-cat
Historical mailing list - Richards, Andrew
Mon, 7 May 2007 08:33:28 -0700
All, My catalytic converter sounds like a coffee can with a couple nuts rattling around inside. Is there a cheap man's solution to...
Re: 83 Vanagon stalling UPDATE
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:58:56 -0700
...the screw to make it lean? And Tom Young wrote: > > > > Clockwise. You might be running too high for smog without a catalytic > > converter, but...
Rattle in catalytic converter? 88 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - John Graham
Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:00:16 -0500
...I couldn't see any other loose connections, so I'm wondering if catalytic converters, when they take a whack can develop a rattle...
Re: gutted catalyctic
Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:25:22 -0400
The Vanagon engine is a pretty filthy one even with a catalytic converter. Be a good citizen and get a proper one. ----- Original Message...
Re: '79 bus stock exhaust
Historical mailing list
Tue, 21 Nov 1995 12:58:58 -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...
[tiico]replacing catalytic converter.
Historical mailing list - Ki
Sat, 28 Sep 2002 17:45:20 -0700
...does it just screw right off? am i better off just getting a new 02 sensor? and to top it all off i just...
Re: Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor?
Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
Wed, 8 Sep 2004 04:21:06 -0500
...There are very good reasons why, on the stock Vanagon, it's located before the catalytic converter, in the flow of exhaust. (Remember the...
Re: Another Exhausting Question!
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:38:21 -0700
...Steve -------------- At 05:24 PM 8/28/2004, Tom Young wrote: >Hi all: > >I was unable to rotate my catalytic converter to get the...
Re: Where is *your* O2 Sensor?
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Sat, 18 May 2002 11:55:58 -0400
> On my '89 Westy, my O2 sensor is screwed into my catalytic converter. It's > attached just beyond where the exhaust pipe connects to...
Re: gutted catalyctic
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:51:25 -0700
Please get a new catalytic converter. You're poisoning the air that I breathe! And the air that all those who you love breathe...
Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor?
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:14:33 -0700
...When I rebuilt my Federal Westfalia (no O2 sensor) I installed a water-cooled catalytic converter in the exhaust. Since the water-cooled converter...
Re: Removing Oxygen Sensor tips needed, broken O2 sensor cause backfire?
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Tue, 23 Sep 2003 11:07:29 EDT
...the catalytic convertor, try and get it out with a screw extractor and if that doesn't work get a new catalytic convertor. >> Andy...
Re: Catalytic converter noise
Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
Sat, 8 May 2004 19:50:15 +0200
...loose stuff out ! You might even take a tireiron, a long screwdriver or something similar and help the ceramic out of there ! Not too...
some general vanagon questions
Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:53:52 -0700
...how hot is the catalytic converter supposed to get? it doesn't rattle, and has a good o2 sensor in it. gets damn hot...
Re: A little help, Literally
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:44:27 -0400
...Catalytic converter. On this down pipe there is a little probe fitting that has a metal screw on cap. Well.. my little screw on...
Re: Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor?
Historical mailing list - Jack
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:09:15 -0800
...O2 sensor) I installed a > water-cooled catalytic converter in the exhaust. Since the water-cooled > converter has the O2 sensor bung I figured...
Re: Buying vanagons as parts donors
Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:46:52 -0500
Just an article in the South Bend Tribune today about thieves hitting parking garages and cutting off catalytic converters. On 2/12/08, JordanVw...
Re: your mail
Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
Wed, 18 Oct 1995 12:00:25 -0400
John, I had an '86 that had the inside of the catalytic converter disappear. The dealer swore that I must had done it to...
Re: Catalytic converter comparisons
Historical mailing list - Jason
Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:08:17 -0400
...wrote: >> >>> There has been quite a bit of talk here lately about oxygen sensors; >>> how about a comparison to a related item- catalytic converters? >>> >>> >>>
Re: strange resolution to my disability issues
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Thu, 1 Feb 2001 06:38:43 EST
...I noticed water (condensation) leaking at the doughnut interface in front of the catalytic converter. I will check it out. Drive Safely & Good Luck...
FS 86 Syncro
Historical mailing list - Curtis Gatlin
Sun, 25 Oct 1998 09:19:11 EST
...Catalytic converter Engine and heads have not been rebuilt by me but maybe by the former owners? Grey with blue interior Dents and scrapes...
Re: Emissions failure Nox (the epilogue)
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:48:09 -0400
David, You definitely got screwed on that catalytic converter. Only the air-cooled Vanagons had different cats for the CA models. What a bunch...
Re: Catalytic converter noise
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 9 May 2004 09:38:09 -0500
...loose stuff out ! > You might even take a tireiron, a long screwdriver or something similar and > help the ceramic out of there ! > Not too...
Do I need a HEATED O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:19:56 -0700
...When I rebuilt my Federal Westfalia (no O2 sensor) I installed a water-cooled catalytic converter in the exhaust. Since the water-cooled converter...
Re: Emissions failure Nox (the epilogue)
Historical mailing list - Jim Lieb
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:05:42 -0400
...vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote: > David, > > You definitely got screwed on that catalytic converter. Only the > air-cooled > Vanagons had different cats for the...
Re: How to remove O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:57:25 -1000
...The catalytic converter is only about a year old. Is there a better way to remove the sensor? Should I use my touch to...
E Check
Historical mailing list - John Patton
Thu, 9 Aug 2001 01:21:46 -0400
...If you drove across country excessively rich, your catalytic converter could now be damaged as a rich mixture overheats the cat. A non-functioning...
Parts For Sale
Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
Thu, 15 Nov 2001 13:30:49 -0800
...Waterboxer flywheel $30 Exhaust parts-- 1.9L front & rear crossover pipes and collector $100, or $35 each catalytic converter, and almost new muffler for...
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...
magic bus is dead; want parts?
Historical mailing list - Kragen Sitaker
Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:53:59 -0400
...This is the California version of the 1982 Vanagon, with the extra emission-control equipment, including an idle control unit, a catalytic converter (newly...
Vanagon Woes...
Historical mailing list - Vern D. Moen
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:26:55 -0700
...Boy, it sure seemed dark in the catalytic converter, guess I'll hold it up to the light and look thru it...gee, isn...
O2 sensors, setting air mixture
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Mon, 21 Nov 1994 11:52:07 CST6CDT
...ESSENTIAL to take your reading at the test plug *before* the catalytic converter, otherwise you will get low CO values not representative of the...
Re: Emissions failure Nox (the epilogue)
Historical mailing list - W Monk
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:29:01 -0400
...vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote: > David, > > You definitely got screwed on that catalytic converter. Only the > air-cooled > Vanagons had different cats for the...
Re: How to remove O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 09:43:06 -0400
...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: 84 Westy Hot Start problem
Historical mailing list - Michael Brenner
Fri, 12 Sep 2003 06:58:50 -0700
...The exhaust has plenty of force out of the tailpipe, so I don't think it is a blocked catalytic converter. Any idea's...
Re: Major Hesitation and Power Loss
Historical mailing list - Beth Young
Sun, 9 Feb 1997 07:05:15 -0800 (PST)
...to a shop, make sure they take their reading BEFORE the catalytic converter. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Youn young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81...
Westy single center seat, AC, other Parts For Sale
Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
Thu, 4 Oct 2001 00:58:19 -0700
...Waterboxer flywheel $30 Exhaust parts-- 1.9 crossover pipes and collector $100, catalytic converter for above $40 2.1 cast iron collector (connects header...
Re: Super high HC on smog test - help
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:41:57 -0400
...Fuel system pressure and injectors Exhaust and catalytic converter. When all of these are confirmed proper. It should pass. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
Re: rattle-rattle-cat
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 7 May 2007 11:54:40 -0400
...Mike Richards, Andrew wrote: > All, > > > > My catalytic converter sounds like a coffee can with a couple nuts > rattling around inside. Is there a cheap...
Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:26:09 -0500
...If all else fails, a new catalytic converter always results in Emission numbers in the single digits. YMMV. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
Re: How to remove O2 sensor
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 17:20:17 +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...
82 Westy for Sale
Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
Sat, 27 Oct 2001 19:20:32 -0700
...Tires, windshield & seal, propane regulator, clutch, pilot bearing, clutch slave cylinder, muffler, catalytic converter, cold start valve, AFM, injector seals, air tube seals, all...
Westy single center seat, AC, other Parts For Sale
Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
Sun, 12 Aug 2001 02:36:10 -0700
...Waterboxer flywheel $50 Exhaust parts-- 1.9 crossover pipes and collector $125, catalytic converter for above $50 2.1 cast iron collector (connects header...
strange resolution to my drivability issues
Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:15:07 -0800
...test port on my exhaust system which is right before the catalytic converter. It seems this rusted and leaking slightly. my van was making...
Bye-bye maybe not
Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
Sun, 25 Aug 2002 19:14:30 -0400
...try to "screw" customers. I drove an un-inspected '80 Dodge Aspen as although it did not have a catalytic converter it passed all...
Re: gutted catalyctic
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 4 Apr 2000 17:22:35 -0700
...gutted catalyctic > Please get a new catalytic converter. > You're poisoning the air that I breathe! > And the air that all those who you...
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...