Date:         Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:55:15 -0600
Reply-To:     Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
Subject:      Re: new fuel (LVC) ...another dead cat
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my van has been getting slower and slower over the last few months.  it
sounds and smells fine, idles properly, and consumes no fluid.  but it
is a DOG going up hills.  i'm thinking ignition system, fuel supply, or
severe engine damage from when i ran out of coolant last spring (oops).
my mechanic (frey's in boulder) went through everything yesterday, and
discovered that about half the cat had broken apart and was blocking the
exhaust flow.  he scooped it out and it runs like a top.  the emissions
are still okay, so i didn't need to buy a new cat just yet.

i've only had this van for a year, and it's my first vanagon.  i've only
driven it 7 miles back from the shop, but it felt like a rocket.  i
wonder if i've been driving with obstructed exhaust flow this whole
time, and only recently it got much worse.

simple and cheap solutions are so refreshing.

aaron
'87 syncro gl

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Steven Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:36 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: new fuel (LVC)

Can't afford to put a tiger in your tank?

How about a dead kitty?

Check this out...

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/14/germany.catfuel.reut/inde
x.html

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