Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:06:06 -0400
Reply-To: lauterba <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From: lauterba <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject: Re: Red hot catalytic converter
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Bob, thanks for the tip. Now the van drives as if there is a V-8 in back.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: Red hot catalytic converter
> http://www.actionimport.com/Tech_Files/Tech_dist.htm
>
> That's a pretty self explanatory diagram.
> Bob Stevens
>
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> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tiico
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "lauterba" <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 2:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Red hot catalytic converter
>
>
> > Robert, thank you for your reply.
> >
> > Please send me the correct order as they go around the distributor cap.
> > Firing order is 1-4-3-2, correct. I know this was dumb, but I didn't
> > start
> > taking pictures until I got the spark plug wires off. Is there a
picture
> > in
> > the microfiche version of Bentley?
> >
> > John
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert Steven Fish" <fish@SALZBURG.CO.AT>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 3:34 PM
> > Subject: Re: Red hot catalytic converter
> >
> >
> > > The symptoms you describe lead me to believe that you switched the
> > sparkplug
> > > wires on one side of the engine.
> > >
> > > This would explain the bad performance, and would also explain the red
> > > hot
> > > cat.
> > >
> > > I had this happen to me, and was so busy troubleshooting the crappy
> > > acceleration, that I barely noticed that the insulation for the
> > > taillight
> > > wiring harness was smoking and that the rear was hot as hell.
> > >
> > > Then I looked at the cat, and yes, it was red.
> > >
> > > So double check those spark plug wires, and hopefully you have not
fried
> > the
> > > cat completely. Mine was okay afterwards.
> > >
> > > See ya on the list,.
> > >
> > > RSF
> > >
> > > PS. Don't buy a new cat until your CO levels are indicating that the
cat
> > is
> > > not working... it is an expensive creature to just replace for the
hell
> > > of
> > > it, and usually requires some exhaust pipe cutting and welding and a
new
> > > oxygen sensor etc.
> > >
> > > IMPORTANT!!! In order to reply to me, you must have the word "FISH"
> > > somewhere in the subject line of the email. Otherwise it goes
directly
> > > in
> > > the trash.
> > >
> > > <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{
> > >
> > > Robert S. Fish
> > > Salzburg, Austria
> > > 1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
> > > 1987 Golf Cabriolet
> > > 1991 Golf
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "lauterba" <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
> > > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 3:08 AM
> > > Subject: Red hot catalytic converter
> > >
> > >
> > > I think that I have a clogged catalytic converter, but I would like to
> > > get
> > > the wisdom of the list before ordering a new one.
> > >
> > > I have about 30 miles on my rebuilt 1.9L WBX. Just about everything
is
> > new
> > > on the engine except for the ECU. Grounds are clean and tight. I had
> > > it
> > > out tonight near dusk and drove abut 15 miles. New engine has had a
> > > great
> > > deal of difficulty getting up to speed, no pep, etc. When I got home
I
> > > found that the muffler end of the catalytic converter was red hot
along
> > with
> > > part of the muffler.
> > >
> > > The catalytic converter was out of the van for about five weeks while
I
> > was
> > > doing the engine transplant. No problems before I took it out.
> > >
> > > John Lauterbach
> > > Macon, GA
> > > '84 7-passenger
> > >
> >
>
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