Re: O2 sensor

[Captnbr@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/16/2000 1:10:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
tinfool@home.com writes:

<< but I thought that a lean mixture causes more heat
 because the oxygen burns hotter and more readily than the fuel......unburned
 fuel will just clog up the converter because of the carbon it causes. >>

Yes, a lean mixture does cause more heat in the combustion area. But......the 
cat causes a chemical reaction with the unburned fuel which creates heat.  
The more unburned fuel, the more heat you create which will cause the cat to 
melt down and then clog.  If I am wrong I am sure I will be corrected because 
might have just pulled this out of my ass.

Brian 86 16v
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