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- From: garyh@sco.COM (< Gary H >)
- Subject: Re: Q: how do i know if i need a new catalytic converter?
- Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:37:53 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.133753.1522@sco.com>
- References: <1jtb3aINNmhg@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1k10htINNcls@rave.larc.nasa.gov> <hellmann.728020981@sycamore.cs.scarolina.edu>
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- In article <hellmann.728020981@sycamore.cs.scarolina.edu> hellmann@cs.scarolina.edu (Doug Hellmann) writes:
- >>Good luck . . . Dave
- >
- >Also you might want to hold your hand over the end of the tailpipe when
- >the car is running. If you don't feel much air coming out, your
- >converter is probably clogged. Also, they say to smell the exhaust and
- >if it smells like sulfur, some sort of terrible chemical reaction has
- >taken place inside the converter and it should be replaced.
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- Wait da minute! If the converter is new, IT SHOULD SMELL LIKE SULFUR. That's
- why new cars have that sulfur smell to it when it's running.
-
- Gary
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