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What is a exhaust manifold catalytic converter?

What is a exhaust manifold catalytic converter?

An engine exhaust manifold connects to the cylinder heads and guides exhaust gas through the tailpipe. A catalytic converter uses chemical reactions to convert exhaust pollutants into less harmful gases.

Where does the catalytic converter go on an exhaust manifold?

As it sounds, this type of manifold has a catalytic converter attached directly to it – right there in the engine bay, instead of underneath the vehicle in the traditional location. You’re seeing these choices only because your year, make, and model was equipped with this very setup on the assembly line.

How does a catalytic converter work in an engine?

The catalytic converter reduces harmful emissions from engine exhaust. The converter, mounted between the exhaust manifold and the muffler, uses a combination of heat and metals that act as catalysts. A catalyst is a metal, or sometimes a chemical, that causes other chemicals to go through a reaction without being affected itself.

What kind of exhaust manifold does Dec use?

The DEC Exhaust Manifold with Integrated Catalytic Converter. Integrated exhaust manifolds we sell (shown, the Walker Exhaust Manifold with Integrated Catalytic Converter) are designed to match OEM equipment.

Why do some replacement exhaust manifolds come with?

Catalytic converters do an excellent job at converting harmful gases into inert ones, but only when they reach fairly high temperatures.

Does catalytic cleaner work?

Catalytic converter cleaner removes the carbon build up in your engine and exhaust system. So, the answer is, yes, catalytic converter cleaner works every time you use it to break down carbon deposits.

What is a catalytic convertor?

A catalytic converter is an exhaust emission control device that reduces toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalyzing a redox reaction (an oxidation and a reduction reaction). Catalytic converters are usually used with internal combustion…

What is a catalytic muffler?

Catalyst muffler system. United States Patent 5521339. Abstract: A muffler for coupling to an exhaust port of an internal combustion engine includes a housing, a first hollow body within the housing, a catalyzer within the first hollow body, and a second hollow body within the housing.

What is a catalyst in a car?

Introduction. The catalyst is an essential part of your car’s exhaust emission control equipment. As its name suggests, it catalyses the conversion of potentially harmful gases ( carbon monoxide , super oxides, hydrocarbons , nitrogen oxides etc.) into substances that are less damaging to the environment.

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