From: utzoo!utcsrgv!utcsstat!wagner
Newsgroups: net.auto.vw
Title: Re: The Last Word on CAT and EGR
Article-I.D.: utcsstat.260
Posted: Sun Jul 25 13:23:15 1982
Received: Sun Jul 25 14:28:55 1982
References: pyuxcc.299

Not to be too gloomy, but I would watch out for overheating
catalytic converters on non-fuel injected rabbits.  I saw
one go up in flames on the highway once on my way back from
Ithaca.  The driver must have had a little time, because he
got to the side of the road and out of the car.  But the car
went up fast.  If you think where the converter goes in 
relation to the fuel tank, you can see why.  It sprayed fuel
all over the shoulder (read car in the right-hand lane if he
hadnt gotten off the road fast!).  Saw two more cars go up
in flames in California on my recent trip there.  Does this
happen more often in the states than up here where it is colder,
or was this just coincidence (3 to 0)?

Michael Wagner, UTCS