You can�t smell NOx or CO. If you smell anything it is most likely unburned
fuel (HC)or partially burned oil. 

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jason
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 12:58 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???

I agree with Pat. Do your part, replace it.  You can always smell a car
without a cat with you pull up behind it.

Jason

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 12:48 PM, pat <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:
> Won't hurt your vehicle at all.
> It will help damage all of us though.
> I personally don't want to breathe your HC/CO and NOx emissions.
>
> Every time I see an old muscle car or classic on the road I perk up 
> and smile with appreciation. �Then I get behind it for a few minutes 
> and realize how blessed we are to not have a bunch of these cars on the
road.
>
> Please do your part, get a new cat and make sure your engine is tuned 
> right (timing, AFR, etc.) so it functions properly.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On 
> Behalf Of marc rose
> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 11:54 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
>
> I went to change out my worn out and rusted muffler on my 90 Carat "Rosie"
> yesterday and noticed that the converter was all busted up and the 
> ceramic is all but gone. �I live in an area that has no enforced 
> emission tests or anything like that. My question is can i can safely 
> run without the convertor. �I was going to just bust out the rest of 
> the ceramic and reinstall but was not sure how it would affect the 
> overall operation of the engine.
>
> Any thoughts??
>
> Thanks
>
> Marc