[Vwdiesel] No diesel - melted cat!

[mikitka]

What are you trying to accomplish? Just to be able to open up the cat? You
would be better just removing the whole thing and putting in a test pipe
until you can get a new one. If you torched it already then it wouldn't pass
inspection because it is evident it was tampered with but if that isn't an
issue then cut the whole bottom out and pull out the insides and weld the
bottom back on. That should work, or just put a replacement pipe instead of
doing all that work. 
Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of jonathan hoehl
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:09 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] No diesel - melted cat!

Wanted to post this here because I've always seen great ideas - 1993 VR6 
Passat catalytic converter insides melted together, so no flow.  Cut a hole 
in the backside just before running torch out of oxygen.  Drilled three 
3/8ths all the way thru ceramic so there's some flow.  Best we could do - 
smoked the drill.  Tried electric hammer drill with steel bar (I know, bad 
on the head pipe) but that didn't do anything.  Drove car hard (very loud! 
sorry neighbors) and sprayed the garden hose inside the hole in cat - didn't

seem to help break-things-up any...

Any Great Ideas?

Jon

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