[DML] Re: Exhaust and Cats

["Gus Schlachter" <gus@xxxx>]

Platinum is indeed used in catalytic converters, but it does not combine
with anything, it merely acts as a catalyst (thus the name of the device).
Look at it this way: alcohol can't get anyone pregnant, but it can sure act
as a catalyst to the reaction! :-)

I doubt that platinum is being "injected" into the cylinder, since this
would increase your fuel costs to about $5 a mile. More likely, there is
platinum fixed or plated somewhere inside the cylinder, since one of the
drawbacks of the cat is that it won't work until it gets pretty hot. The
cylinders heat up very quickly.

I'm hope this article wasn't in a reputable newspaper, since the author did
not appear to understand what he was writing.


Gus Schlachter
Austin, TX
VIN# 4695



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Rawlings [mailto:blast59@xxxx]
> Subject: [DML] Re: Exhaust (was Engine Conversions...)
>
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> I just read an article in a news paper about something like this.
> Supposedly, all the catalytic converter does is use a tiny bit of platinum
> to combine with and burn the waste fuel as it's in the exaust. (The
> platinum combines with just about any waste material in the exaust to make
> it burn better) A new invention just injects a little bit of platinum
into
> the cylinder to make the impurities in the gas combustible. This not only
> lowers the amount of unused fuel (from 22% to 10% or lower) but in doing
so
> decreases emmisions, gives you better fuel economy (tests reported a 50%
> increase), and since the waste was being burned off there were no carbon
> deposits left in the cylinder which will make the engine last
> much longer.
> Could this be the answer to the problem, or is it too good to be true?
>
> Kevin
> DRIVE STAINLESS
>
>