[alfa] RE: Converter failure postmortum

[jeff clark <jeff.e.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  No idea if this is typical or not since I'm not sure just
>  how cats. are assembled at the factory.  But my guess is
>  that the front honeycomb slowly disintegrated and filled
>  the front of the back honeycomb section until the process
>  accelerated and clogged the rearward section completely.
>
>  Does this sound like this could happen?
>
>  Bruce
>
>  '86 Spider '73 GTV
Yep. Happened to me twice. Don't know how old your broke aftermarket 
cat is/was, but cats seem to be better now - go get an approved cat, 
and enjoy ( they are also much better at flowing than 10 years ago... 
)
The current one has been on for ~ 11 years, just passed smog in 2003.
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jeff clark
82 Spider Veloce
99 BMW R1100S
jeff.e.clark@domain.elided
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