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Date:         Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:33:24 -0800
Reply-To:     Jim Wheaton <jim@MUSCLEFISH.COM>
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From:         Jim Wheaton <jim@MUSCLEFISH.COM>
Subject:      Re: push start - not?
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I heard privately from at least 6 or 7 people who said that they push start the vanagon without any bad effects. It is possible that extra hydrocarbons from unburnt fuel will build up in the catalytic converter and cause it to fail prematurely.

Jim '91 Westy MV


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