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Subject:Re: Cold Start
Date:Wed, 12 Oct 94 9:00:20 EDT

Would this be true also for FI systems with electric pumps? Mech fuel
pumps I can understand.....DC

DerekDrew@aol.com writes:
> 
> 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.
> 

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