by "Karl" <aufever@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Feb 25, 2008 at 08:35 PM
Why do I not see a cat in that exhaust?? Why does that so-called cat not
look like any USA exhaust??
Open your hood and look down where the exhaust bolts to the exhaust
manifold. Do you see pre-cats there?
Go here and look at the lower exhaust in the picture. That is what you
should have.
http://www.detali.ru/cat/oem_mb2.asp?TP=1&F=124030%5F501&M=103983%5F505&GA=722%2E320&GM=717%2E430&VIN=%2A&CT=F&cat=501&SID=49&SGR=060&SGN=02
"Tube Audio" <tubeaudio@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:mALwj.9556$5K1.2724@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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 $255?
>
>
http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/details/QQMercedes_BenzQQ300EQQCatcoQQCatalytic_ConverterQQ19861992QQ9717.html
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> "Karl" <aufever@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:QYKwj.2923$pl4.765@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > You got your monies worth out of that cat. You need a new one.
> >
> > Do NOT just weld in a tiny POS cheapo cat. Get a real one WITH the
> > pre-cat.
> > Like this one:
> >
http://www.car-stuff.com/carparts/mercedesbenz300e19861989decmb2212c264172.html
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> >
> > "Tube Audio" <tubeaudio@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > news:ZgKwj.9550$5K1.5098@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> 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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