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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 05:42 PM
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i just went to remove my main cat on my '91 TPI to check if its clogged and theres a small metal tube going into the passenger side of it. what is this? and what does it do?

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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 06:42 PM
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I'm not completely sure how newer setups are but if you have a smog pump (a.i.r.), it's used to put fresh O2 in the catalist to burn up the carbon monoxide (co) into carbon dioxide (co2).
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I'm not completely sure how newer setups are but if you have a smog pump (a.i.r.), it's used to put fresh O2 in the catalist to burn up the carbon monoxide (co) into carbon dioxide (co2).


L98 and LB9 have these
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Old Sep 21, 2005 | 08:52 PM
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Follow that SS line up past the center of the RH header into one of the AIR lines from the diverter.
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