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Catalytic Converter: Description and Operation

Exhaust System View (Catalytic Converter Location)

NOTE:

Turbocharged engine are equipped with 3 Catalytic Converters and two Oxygen Sensors. The oxygen sensors are threaded into the Turbocharger
assemblies.

The Catalytic Converter is a device, within the exhaust system, that converts harmful pollutants, Carbon Monoxide (CO), Hydrocarbons (HC), and
Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), into harmless by-products, Nitrogen (N), Carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor (H2O) through a catalytic chemical
reaction. The catalyst elements ((platinum, palladium, and/or rhodium) are deposited on to a monolithic (honeycomb) substrate, contained within the
converter housing.

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