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Re: Melted/Missing Catalysts on newer cars
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 4/5/2001

Hello Mike,

I know the problem still exists with the newer models. For whatever reason the cat will be subjected to very high temperature ( above 1350 C ) at that temperature the substrate begins to melt, it will then collapse in on itself. As the cat substr... Login to read more.