[Vwdiesel] No diesel - melted cat!

[raymond greeley]

I am curious about your answer as to the cause.
I owned a 97 passat tdi, purchased used, po claimed the intake had been decarboned though I found a clogged 
cat after a year of driving. I did a mufflectomy as tdi'ers
like to say. I felt it never ran correctly, it began to rust in
odd spots and I sold it after 18 months, I always wondered about the cause of the clogged cat though.
ray> From: LBaird119 at aol.com> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:49:14 -0400> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] No diesel - melted cat!> > In a message dated 8/23/2007 9:22:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > jjhoehl at hotmail.com writes:> > > Any Great Ideas?> > > > Not sure about ideas but I can speak from experience. > As asked, it depends on your goal. I've punched out a > couple of bad cats. I used a foot or so long, piece of > steel rod about 3/4 inch dia. Wail on that with a big > hammer. You need to remove the cat most likely though > it's doable in car. Remove chunks. > Other options are weld in a piece of exhaust pipe in its > place, replace it with a new/used cat or replace with a > "test pipe."> Cause of a melted cat is generally one or two of two > things, burning oil or way too rich of mixture.> Loren> > > **************************************> Get a sneak peek of the > all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour> _______________________________________________> Vwdiesel mailing list> Vwdiesel at vwfans.com> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/vwdiesel
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