So, want to make a gearheads head explode.

[flipper35]

Or, maybe just anyone with a functional brain?

All You Need To Know About Catalytic Converters Is They Shouldn't Exist

Pistons pump oil on the crankshaft to make your car go. Who knew?

[Joe Bob]

Hopefully the article is a joke but idjuts will believe anything if it's on the net.....paging Mad Corgi, please pick of the white courtesy phone!

[JD159]

Is this some sort of parody site? That can't even be real.

[aschen]

I think it is satire. Or is it?

[cstreit]

Pretty much lost me at "injects gas into the catalytic converter to burn the fumes"

[flipper35]

Unfortunately, I don't think it was The Onion. From what I know of that site is that no, it is not satire. The article was in an email. I don't visit that place otherwise.

Then again, no person can be that short on brains and have a drivers license.

[unclebilly]

I tried in earnest but was unable to get through it all...

[M.D. Holloway]

hmmm, well, if he is thinking that the unspent fuel in its hydrocarbon form is the fuel he is talking about then he's wrong. There are 2 chemical reactions taking place - an oxidation reaction which oxidizes the CO and the hydrocarbons to produce CO2 and water - ya add O2. The other is a reduction reaction where NOx is converted into O2 and Nitrogen, this is where N is removed.

The article doesn't take the over feel of being completely sarcastic or satirical so I think the guy basically doesn't know what he is writing about. A 10 sec search would have done him better...

[flipper35]

An editor breaking his keyboard would have been best. Of course if the editor has it in for him...

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by cstreit

Pretty much lost me at "injects gas into the catalytic converter to burn the fumes"

+1 but I had to re-read the part about pistons pumping oil onto the crankshaft just to make sure that I read it correctly.

[JD159]

I mean it makes sense to use the oil as a fuel and a lubricant. I read on another forum that it has to be a really lightweight oil and has to have high zinc. It can increase power by quite a few horses. It also helps reduce the amount of fuel your cat uses. Although my high-flow cat pumps through a lot of fuel, but hey, it's a track car.

[wdfifteen]

I read that there is a carburetor that will make your car get 100mpg but the oil companies bought the patents and hid them away. I think it works by doing something when the fuel pump squirts oil on the crankshaft but it can't work with a catholic converter because of the Russians ... Or Chinese, I forget which. Anyway, I have a pocket full of Tater Tots and a six pack of diet RC waiting for me so I'll have to get back to you on the details. I love science.

[legion]

[Noah930]

I am constantly amazed by how much I learn about cars on this forum.

[oldE]

The article may have been written by the brother of the woman in the u tube video who was observing the rainbow made by her backyard sprinkler and wondering what chemicals were being put into the water. She stated it never used to do that.
I am willing to conjecture he did not live in a large urban center in the sixties.
Best
Les

[LEAKYSEALS951]

I blame this thread for getting me on a random youtube search-so here you go-




ohhh... and another much better presentation-by soaking the hose for 5-10 minutes to insure there was no deterioration, I can vouch this is first class research.

[sc_rufctr]

[crustychief]

Of course the metal for the rest of the car liberated itself from the ground willingly. The article nearly made my head explode.