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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 02:58 AM
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Can you clean a converter?
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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 05:39 AM
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Monolith type converters are not serviceable. Pellet type cat converters you can service them by removeing the fill plug and draining the Catalyst, then refilling. If you have the proper equipment to do it, it can be less expenisive then buying a new cat. con. But in most cases the cat. con. are replaced with a new one. and oh of course you could take a cloth to the outside of it and rub hard to clean it to
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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by avtt94
Can you clean a converter?
I think it's dangerous too...
In the converter there are any sort of poison trapped in...
-Beppe-
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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 01:22 PM
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it's a ceramic matrix, coated in platnum... once they break, they break... sad to say.
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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 01:53 PM
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You can clean it with a Pipe and hammer, bust out all of that gunk inside! If thats the kind of cleaning you are talking about.
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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 02:31 PM
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Just jam the garden hose up there and turn it on full blast. Oh, make sure the engine is running first

JK, dont actually do this
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