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Subject:Re: Red hot cat. converter
From:The Bus Depot
Date:Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:00:52 -0500

> I have just started an engine that I changed gaskets on and
> after awhile I noticed that the catalitic converter is
> getting red hot and the muffler too.  What makes it to do it?
>  The engine is not hot at all.  The exhaust pipes are cold
> enough to hold them by hand.  I am puzzled. Zoltan

I believe that if the engine is running extremely rich it could cause this
to happen.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
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