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Subject:Re: new CARB rules for cats in Calif?
From:Rob
Date:Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:48:39 -0800

At  2/10/2009 12:03 PM, David Beierl wrote:
>At 07:24 PM 2/9/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>so it's basically that OBD-II cats are built to a better standard and must
>>last 50K miles/ 5 years.
>
>I read a rumor somewhere that the cheap aftermarket CATs are only
>two-way instead of three-way...
>
>--

http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0806e&L=vanagon&F=&S=&P=7003
On Monday 30 June 2008 Dennis Haynes wrote a post that explained the
OEM & after market cats. This was all part of a 1.9 failing the smog test.
This is a post worth saving.

Rob
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'91 VW Jetta & an '84 Westy in western WA