RE: Help! Coupe Quattro puking fuel

["Duff, Ian" <IDuff@charter.com>]

It gets noisy if the honeycomb starts to physically come apart, but I
would think it wouldn't be noisy if the catalytic element is still
physically intact but no longer capable of catalyzing the unburned
gasses in the exhaust.

Jon's predicament may have screwed up the kitty's ability by saturating
the honeycomb element with gasoline. I remember from somewhere that if
the mixture is off (like too rich) you can fry the kitty. Pure gas is
*too* rich a mixture, dontchaknow.

All of this is speculation on my part. There must be some "experts" out
there. Ferris? Anyone?

-Ian Duff.
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Jon [SMTP:jwilliam@ns1.water.net]
>Sent:	Tuesday, March 18, 1997 4:58 AM
>To:	J. Sala; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject:	RE: Help! Coupe Quattro puking fuel
>
>> Date:          Tue, 18 Mar 1997 00:19:48 -0700
>> From:          "J. Sala" <jsala@skynet.uah.ualberta.ca>
>> Subject:       RE: Help! Coupe Quattro puking fuel
>> To:            "Duff, Ian" <IDuff@charter.com>
>> Cc:            "'quattro@coimbra.ans.net'" <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
>
>> Car is now running fine, although I lost a race against a CRX off the 
>> lights tonight (sigh). How can one tell ir the cat is toasted?
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Jon Sala 
>
>When you lose a race to a CRX :)
>
>Actually, doesn't it get noisy when it is on its way out?
>
>Jon
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