thermocouples and mixture & smelly cats

[Brad Martin]

At 09:30 PM 4/12/96 -0400, you wrote:
>> Rich mixtures do not raise catalyst temperatures, they lower them.
>> It's a well known fact that this is how OEMs make cats last longer.

Is this why many cars (esp. Fords) smell like rotten eggs when you get
behind them going up a hill?
If the rotten eggs smell is Sulfer Dioxide, does that mean you get Sulfuric
Acid when it mixes with the H2O in you respiratory system?
sounds worse than the cat-less alternative.

Peace DIYers-
Brad
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