<VV> Catalytic Converter for Corvair

John Beck jb30343 at navix.net
Tue Mar 25 10:03:14 EDT 2008


Wouldn't sulfur dioxide and water form sulfurous acid rather than sulfuric acid?  --J.B.

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> From: bernievogler at comcast.net
> Date: 2008/03/25 Tue AM 08:47:43 CDT
> To: "Craig Nicol" <nicolcs at aol.com>,  <virtualvairs at corvair.org>, 
> 	<gojoe283 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Catalytic Converter for Corvair
> 
> Craig is close on the rotten egg smell.  The smell is from Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) which could be a product of the thermal decay of sulfuric acid (H2SO4).  The sulfuric acid is most likely to exist in a cooler motor, but once warmed up should remain as SO2 and H2O through the entire exhaust system.
> 
> Bernie Vogler




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