[biofuel] catalytic converters

2001-01-19 Thread anton and federica
I have an 81 wabbit that I have been running on BD for about a year. at about 6 months, I installed a catalytic converter, which almost completely eliminated the smell of the exhaust, assumedly making it pollute less. I was assuming that BD has less particulates, and would be less likely to clog

[biofuel] catalytic converters

2004-08-20 Thread Ross Cannon
when a catalytic converter has been coated with sulfur or lead and thus rendered useless is it possible to externally heat the catalytic converters toconvert the element to it's gaseous form and thus rejuvenate the catalytic converter? i understand that with lead we are talking over 3000* F, but w

Re: [biofuel] catalytic converters

2001-01-19 Thread aleksander . kac
To my information, there is no problem with sulphur. Sulph is just very dangerous when it falls down like acid rain. Soot cloggs the small gaps in the converter. Air injecting would probaly oxidate the carbon deposit if the temp is high enough. I've heard of a diesel cat converter which every 600

Re: [biofuel] catalytic converters

2001-01-20 Thread anton and federica
ROTECTED] >To: biofuel@egroups.com >Subject: Re: [biofuel] catalytic converters >Date: Jan 19, 2001, 1:04 AM > > >To my information, there is no problem with sulphur. Sulph is just >very dangerous when it falls down like acid rain. >Soot cloggs the small gaps in the convert