[Vwdiesel] No diesel - melted cat!

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

  The question was about a gasser cat.  I'd suspect a 
clogged diesel cat I would GUESS would be more likely from 
driving the car real easily.  When we chipped Dad's Passat I 
romped on it after a bit, at a stop sign.  It left a good 10+ 
foot long black patch!  Wasn't from the tires though.  It was 
from the exhaust!  Never did it again so it HAD to be from 
acumulation in the exhaust system.
     Loren

In a message dated 8/23/2007 8:48:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
rgreeley2 at hotmail.com writes:

> 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
> 




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