Federally (US) mandated minimum warranty for emissions

[Scott Hinckley]

At 12:45 PM 1/17/2004, John Larson wrote:
> >although the part causing the problem may be.  If it's falling apart inside,
> >the mandated warranty probably won't cover it, because the breakup of the
> >monolith is nearly always caused by a rich condition (MAF, O2 sensor, CTS,

I believe that may be a LEAN condition, as that causes very hot exhaust. 
That is how I cooked the cat on my 1986 GTI.
Scott