Steven Dodson wrote: > Though they have terrific economy, diesel engines (burning petrol-diesel) > are very polluting without an oxi-cat. > I read that all the VW's and Audi's were using oxi-cats in Europe in an > effort to > curb the soot pollution problem associated with diesel engines there. How do they keep the catalyst from plugging up with soot? The muffler on my diesel Vanagon gets a nice fluffy coat of it inside the tailpipe. It seems like this would kill a catalytic converter. -- David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 VW Diesel Westfalia '86 Volvo 240DL wagon |
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