hi maybe this topic doesn't go here but anyway i does anybody know what does "warm up oxidation catalytic converter" means? i'm trying what it exactly is but i don't find nothing, i know it has something to do whit catalytic converter but what it exactly is? is it the same as three way catalytic converter? i hope anyone can answer something thanks
"rc079" wrote
Sound like MAYBE it's a "pre-converter", or "light-off" converter. It takes a while for the main converter to get up to operating temperature, so car makers put a smaller converter as close to the engine as they can, to help heat up the exhaust, and "light-off" the main converter sooner.
rc079 wrote in news:rc079.2p9gne@no- mx.nodomain.com:
It is not the same as a three-way cat.
Exactly where did you see this term?
Right now it sounds like a "pre-cat", one that deals only with hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, but not nitric oxide.
A three-way cat would handle all of HC, CO and NO.
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