Re: tailpipe/kitty questions

[Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>]

>A while back, I recall Brett stating that the appearance of the two
>tailpipes of his '91 200q differed significantly. I believe this led to
>discussion about a possible problem with one of the cat converters. Was
>this ever resolved, Brett?

Nope.  The car stopped rattling, and no one clearly told me if the 
system remained divided throughout. Two pipes go into the last 
muffler unit, but the biggie was whether the unit has two cavities 
that are separated, or if the two pipes simply enter into one single 
chamber and then exit via two.  I suspect that there is no legitimate 
reason to separate the two(and it might cost more to do so), but 
still, perhaps gas from the left side tends to come out the left side 
of the muffler and the gas from the right side tends to come out the 
right side.

One of the cats in my car was replaced at least 20-30k ago.  I have 
no idea what this means, if anything.

Also, it should be noted that the specs for the 200q20v list as a 
performance feature, "dual free-flow catalytic converters"...so I 
don't know what effect 3rd party converters would have.


Brett

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