slight spin off, but what if one has removed the cat. converter and not using one? what effect does this have. Maybe some back pressure? will your mixture differ? without a cat.
slight spin off was refering to me :) regarding the subject and content. hope all had a very nice Christmas. took me 45mins to unpack the toys in the van. ahhhhhhhhhhhh Joe -- Joseph Fortino fortino1@onebox.com - email
---- David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > At 01:36 PM 12/27/2001, Stan Wilder wrote: > >I just wondering and I knew you'd know the answer to this: What is > that > >stuff that drips out you tail pipe in winter months? > > Same stuff that comes out all the time -- put in oxygen and hydrocarbon > fuel (gasoline), get out carbon dioxide and water. Lots of it. One > reason > that hydrogen is an attractive fuel is that the end product is simply > water, without the CO2. > > The catalyst functions to adjust the small amounts of hydrocarbons > (burn > them to H2O and CO2), nitrogen oxides (reduce them to nitrogen) and > carbon > monoxide (oxidize to CO2). The reason we need an O2 sensor on the > engine > is that the mixture control must be very close in order for the ratios > to > come out right in the cat. converter. > > david > > > -- > David Beierl - Providence, RI > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > '85 GL "Poor Relation" > __________________________________________________ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com |
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