After market cats have to pass the same standard as OEM in order to be sold, so you should be good in that regard.
Was your car a California car? The emissions standards for California were much higher much sooner than everywhere else. If it was, and if it's "no longer in california.." hmmm... check with your local DMV test sight on that.. might not have to have one. Worth looking into. [ask the right question to get the right answer at DMV... ie.. is a cat required on this model, in this state?] Grant... On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Alex Chamberlain <apchamberl...@gmail.com>wrote: > It took me a while to get around to it, but I finally got the '87 300D > with the exhaust blockage up on stands, gave all the exhaust fasteners > a repeated treatment with PB Blaster over several days, and took the > exhaust apart. No question, the catalytic converter is blocked up. > (Yes, Virginia, 603 cars,and probably all later diesels, do have one.) > > I don't have $1,500 for a new factory cat from Rusty. I realize there > are a couple of less-than-legal options here, such as welding in a > straight pipe or a small muffler, or hollowing out the inside of the > cat by brute force. However, I also found this unit meant for big > pickups, which would fit neatly into the space where the factory cat > does: > http://tinyurl.com/43lzxrz > > I wonder what the EPA would say about this? You're supposed to leave > emissions control systems in their factory configuration... but people > replace worn-out factory cats on gas cars with cheapo generic units > all the time (or else there wouldn't be any business in the latter). > What about on diesels? Seems to me that replacing the factory > Mercedes diesel catalyst with one using diesel emissions control > technology 25 years more advanced should meet the spirit, if not the > letter, of the law. From a technical standpoint the only problem I > can see is that the primary byproduct of the catalysis of diesel > exhaust, according to the product description I linked to, is water... > which means corrosion issues for the rest of the system downstream > from the cat. > > Alex > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
