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Date:         Thu, 2 May 2002 08:56:58 -0400
Reply-To:     Stones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM>
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From:         Stones <sstones@IDIRECT.COM>
Subject:      Re: 1.9L exhaust system comments
In-Reply-To:  <20020427.185433.-439035.14.wilden1@juno.com>
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At 06:52 PM 4/27/02 -0500, Stan wrote: >the little steel balls will fall off ................ >------------------ >Stan - Shot is part of MIG welding, your exhaust will blow them OUT. They >will not suck back to your engine. > > >Stan Wilder > >On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:29:28 -0400 SpaceKommander <jboldway@BEE.NET> >writes: > > Hello, I just got a new exhaust system for my 85 Westy - the exhaust > > was

An '85 has a Catalytic converter after that y. They aren't going to get sucked into the engine, but they are going to very slightly plug a couple passages of the cat. Scrub the visible ones out with a wire brush if you can, and just don't think about those that you can't see... The welds are all near the pipe ends, so there won't be many around the bend.


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