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Subject:Re: Cold Air Intake
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:20:06 -0600

It would SureBe2Bad if their quality has GoneByTheWaySide ~ I am still getting GoodService out of my MagnaFlo MPE-22918

that I installed on my 90Westy back in Feb' 0f '07 & it now has a bit over 83000mi's on it ~ 26000+ with H2OBxr & the rest EJ25 ~

                                                                                                ORR ~ DeanB

On 30 Mar , 2015, at 12:27 PM, Jeff Schwaia wrote:

> Not skewed... all vehicles were in good operating condition.  Out of 8 cats,
> 4 had to be replaced under warranty for falling apart inside, not
> contamination, just defective.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PSD [mailto:psdooley@verizon.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 10:08 AM
> To: 'Jeff'; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: RE: Cold Air Intake
> 
> Of course that's a function of mixture control and other sources of
> contamination.  Unfortunately some cats get replaced because they failed but
> root problem was never addressed.
> Not saying the Magnaflows are gold, just the data could be skewed some.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jeff
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 12:54 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Cold Air Intake
> 
> The GW CARB approved cat is actually a Magnaflow cat.
> 
> FWIW... I have seen a 50% failure rate on those cats over the last few
> years.  They seem to fall apart inside.  The good news is that they have a 5
> years warranty.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jeff

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