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Old 09-30-2017, 03:00 AM   #9 (permalink)
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It's all about Diesel
 
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
I'm not real worried about reducing the NOx because this is one of the windiest places in the nation and there is no smog. Lots of dust but no smog.
I just don't want to clog or melt down the converters, because they are $60 to $80 each and I will need 2 of them. If the price of platinum and palladium go up replacements could cost a lot more.
Maybe water injection could also help on that matter.


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That insite converter sounds like the gasoline version of a diesel catalyst. When it gets saturated with the undesirable NOx substance it has to make like a diesel and burn more fuel to get rid of it.
I'm kind of against burning more fuel for slightly cleaner emissions.
In a Diesel it usually resorts to a post-injection at the exhaust stroke, which is only doable because of the direct injection. Otherwise an extra injection would be required at the exhaust.
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