My cat was gutted some time ago, and I've passed Arizona's relatively
stringent emissions test (same as California's as I recall).  I've also
heard (on the evening news) that although cats do remove NOx, they replace
with sulphur dioxide, which is/may be worse.

Bottom line on this is  .  .  . Oh hell, I don't even begin to know what the
bottom line is.  Probably we should all drive less, or maybe not at all.

NO, I DON'T WANT TO START A THREAD ON HORSES.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Davidson" <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: gutted catalyctic

> Please get a new catalytic converter.
> You're poisoning the air that I breathe!
> And the air that all those who you love breathe!
> And the air that you breathe!
> Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rowland Rose <RRosejr988@AOL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Date: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 9:12 AM
> Subject: gutted catalyctic
>
>
> >I own an 87 syncro in Indiana and decided to gut the catalyctic converter
> >since the vehicle already has over 100,000 miles on it and I figured the
> >catalyctic was contaminated and not doing much good anyway. The exhaust
> pipe
> >is now showing more carbon instead of burning clean. Will leaning the
> mixture
> >screw cure this? I thought the ecu did this automatically through
readings
> >from the co exhaust sensor. Any advice other than 'buy a new catalyctic'
> >would be appreciated.
> >
>