Re: 300E Bad Cat Converter ?

thanks for the reply, at first I thought you meant buy a new car. :')

I live in California but the car is from the east coast, so I should NOT
get 
the California CAT?


how about the catco for $255?

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/details/QQMercedes_BenzQQ300EQQCatcoQQCatalytic_ConverterQQ19861992QQ9717.html




"Karl" <aufever@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> You got your monies worth out of that cat. You need a new one.
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> Do NOT just weld in a tiny POS cheapo cat. Get a real one WITH the 
> pre-cat.
> Like this one:
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http://www.car-stuff.com/carparts/mercedesbenz300e19861989decmb2212c264172.html
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> "Tube Audio" <tubeaudio@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Hi
>>
>> I just had my emissions / smog check here in California and the NOx
were
>> really high.  Very close to failing.
>>
>> I suspect a bad cat.  I measure the temp of the cat with a fluke
infrared
>> and measured 245C or 473F.  The temperature was the same at the front,
>> middle and back of the cat.   The car was running at operating temp, I 
>> did
>> this after I came home from work and the water temp was near 100C
>>
>> Shouldn't the reading be closer to 426C or 800F?
>>
>> Ideas?  It looks like the original cat , the car has 175,000 miles
>>
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