Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:42:38 -0600
Reply-To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Red hot catalytic converter
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http://www.actionimport.com/Tech_Files/Tech_dist.htm
That's a pretty self explanatory diagram.
Bob Stevens
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----- 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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