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Subject:Re: Cold Start
Date:Wed, 12 Oct 1994 08:15:49 -0400

The main reason not to jump start is that for vehicles with a catalytic
converter it burps raw gasoline into the cat. The cat then overheats and
fries itself and everything else near it next time you drive.