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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
Comments: To: lauterba <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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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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