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Subject:Re: Boy is she stinky!
From:Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:27:34 -0700

Sorry, but you have a bad or plugged cat. All fuel has a little sulfur in it, and a non-working cat will not convert it to odorless sulfate, but rotten egg smelling hydrogen sulfide-- a byproduct of incomplete oxidation.  You could try a different brand of gas, sometimes the refinery screws up and there is too much sulfur, but that's a long shot.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Tyler Hardison
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 4:56 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Boy is she stinky!

This is in addition to some noises and rattling from the muffler area.

On Monday, August 31, 2015, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think the sulfur smell means the cat is working as intended.(?)  A bad
> cat sounds like something is rattling around in your exhaust - which can
> eventually plug and lower power.
>
> Bruce
>
> Bruce
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Tyler Hardison <tyler@seraph-net.net
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tyler@seraph-net.net');>> wrote:
>
>> So I waited until I could confirm what was going on, but it seems that the
>> bus has got a case of the rotten eggs. And, her exhaust tone
>> sounds...wrong.
>>
>> Cat right?
>>
>> In before someone suggests removing it, I'm in California the government
>> will send you to concentration camps for that kind of sedition.
>>
>> The current exhaust is very bad anyway, some I'm considering a Vanistan
>> exhaust system. Anyone have any thoughts on these?
>>
>> --t
>>
>
>

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