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A catalytic converter- (cat-con) takes raw engine exhaust (CO, unburnt fuel, nitrogen oxide) which are very harmful to the air we breathe. (nitro oxide causes acid rain) It catalyzes (splits) the molecules into water vapor, and CO2. CO2 is still harmful to the environment, but not as much as the acidic nitrogen oxide. The water vapor being produced is what makes the steam come out of your exhaust pipe on cold days. Catalytic converters are very helpful (and lawfully required) to the environment. The only problem is that they need to warm up from exhaust heat before they begin to catalyze the exhaust. So about the first 10 minutes of driving are the most harmful ones. And for the last downside of cat-cons, they are made of Earth's most precious metal, platinum. That is why they are so expensive.
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What is the device fitted into car to reduce pollution?
catalytic converter
Can you take off the catalytic converter and replace it with flowmaster?
Legally you can only replace a catalytic converter with another catalytic converter.
Does a 1984 jaguar xjs have a catalytic converter?
Yes, it has a catalytic converter.
Is upstream before the catalytic converter and downstream after the catalytic converter?
Yes
What is the surface area of a catalytic converter?
what is the surface area of a catalytic converter
Is there a cover for the catalytic converter that stops theft?
There is not an antitheft cover for the catalytic converter. The catalytic converter gets extremely hot and cannot be covered.
How many grams gold there is in Mercedes S class Catalytic Converter?
There isn't gold in a catalytic converter.There isn't gold in a catalytic converter.
How do you pass emissions test with broken catalytic converter?
Replace the catalytic converter.
How do you fix p0420 code in rav4 2003?
Replace the catalytic converterReplace the catalytic converter
What does a catalytic converter delete do?
If you're referring to removing the catalytic converter from your vehicle, first off this is illegal. Secondly no modern engine will run properly with the catalytic converter removed. You must have a fully functional catalytic converter in place.
How can you pass inspection when you need a catalytic converter?
There's no possible way to pass inspection with a bad catalytic converter, if if you find out you have a bad catalytic converter during your inspection you have a chance after you after you have replaced the catalytic converter and the inspection no no charge/free!!
Where is the down stream oxygen sensor?
Usually after your catalytic converter. Usually after your catalytic converter.
