I agree. A properly working cat/O2 sensor etc., will help reduce emissions.

Based upon my Westys model year, ('81 air cooled in Canada), I'm not
required to have a cat. But I'll be installing one with the Jetta
engine conversion I'm doing.

Neil.

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Jake de Villiers
<crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

>  Keep it, and keep your cat too; your grandkids ( and mine) will thank you
>  for it.
>
>
>
>  On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Matt Drew <t3vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:

>  > I had a feeling that the catalytic converter was bad (broken, bouncing
>  > pieces of ceramic have a very distinct sound), but what I was not
>  > expecting
>  > (and should have been, given that this is after-all a Vanagon) was that
>  > the
>  > rear O2 sensor was in need of replacement.
>  >
>  > So bottom line...
>  >
>  > I have been going back and forth on whether or not to completely bypass
>  > both
>  > of them.
>  >
>  > I've known of people who've had their cats completely removed and had the
>  > resulting missing section replaced by a simple connecting pipe (in one
>  > case,
>  > glass).
>  >
>

>
>  --
>  Jake
>  1984 Vanagon GL
>  1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>  Crescent Beach, BC
>  www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>  http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>