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Old Oct 26, 2021 | 08:28 PM
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Converter pipe reducer

1989 E250 Club Wagon, 351
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i would bypass the catalyst with a tube and need this part :

https://www.ebay.com/itm/FX2016-3-OD-Exhaust-Flange-Converter-Pipe-Reducer-Replacement-Repair-w-Gasket-/171368877912?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m25 48.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

But unfortunately, this one is out of stock with this EBay supplier. Somebody can
help me please to find this one in an other supplier online ? Not find on Rockauto.
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Old Oct 27, 2021 | 04:17 AM
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eBay Converter Reducer

I created a hyperlink for you Ketch!

Contact the seller to see if they will be re-stocking this part--also ask if they'd ship to your country and could they quote you on a price. If they will not be restocking ask if they know of other sellers or vendors or who was the original manufacturer.

If you're unable to find someone who'll ship to you I'd be willing to act as your "middle man" if that's helpful.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2021 | 05:33 AM
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Hi JWA
thank you very much for your help, it is very appreciable 👍 . Following your advice and I’ve contacted the seller.

I have an address in Atlanta, GA, where I have all of my American purchases sent. Then they send me back to France. Great service !

My always first difficulty is always to find the parts which I can need for my Van when it is not available on Ebay or Rockauto. I think my English is not yet good enough to enter the correct words in the online "tab search".
 
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Old Oct 28, 2021 | 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Ketch347
My always first difficulty is always to find the parts which I can need for my Van when it is not available on Ebay or Rockauto. I think my English is not yet good enough to enter the correct words in the online "tab search".
Did the eBay seller offer any help or suggestion where to find that part or something similar? I'm glad you have a service to receive packages from the USA---I know that's useful.

I'm sure most of us here will help provide needed search terms for items you cannot find due an unknown name or part number. As you mention sometimes the search term makes all the difference whether an item is easily found.

Don't hesitate to ask!
 
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Old Oct 28, 2021 | 05:39 AM
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Yes, the seller on EBay answering. This part is available again in the next 2 weeks . Sound good for me.

The engine became hard, as if it were being braked. I had no more power to drive after 65mph. It runs fine as usual otherwise. As I removed the smog pump, I imagine that my catalyst is clogged (?). This is the original 30-year-old catalyst . It is for this reason that I would like to try to delete it.

Any others suggestions are welcome…
 
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Old Oct 29, 2021 | 04:04 AM
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Sounds like the eBay seller is co-operating ---if time for the part to arrive isn't an issue that might be your best option at this point Ketch.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2021 | 11:53 AM
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If the catalytic convertor isn't falling apart or rusted out, why don't you just gut the cat and re-install it instead of replacing it with a pipe?
 
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Yes Mike, it’s in my idea to doing that too this weekend. The cata look good externally. Since few months ago, when start cold some water is rejected by the exhaust end pipe.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2021 | 02:45 PM
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Yes Mike, it’s in my idea to doing that too this weekend. The cata look good externally. Since few months ago, when start cold some water is rejected by the exhaust end pipe.
so you're saying you have condensate coming from your tail pipe? Sounds normal to me unless I'm not understanding what you're trying to say.
 
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yes I wanted to talk about the condensation on the exhaust outlet. I may have a little more than normal, summer and winter.

excuse my not perfect english
 
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Old Oct 29, 2021 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Ketch347
yes I wanted to talk about the condensation on the exhaust outlet. I may have a little more than normal, summer and winter.

excuse my not perfect english
Well I've never been to your part of the world, but around Here in the Midwest (Illinois) i see cars all year long that have condensate some worse than others. I assume it has to do with barometric pressure, Temperature and how hot tge exhaust gets. Some car makers actually put in small drain holes for this so it doesn't sit in the pipes. if you're getting a lot all the time i personally would be more worried about having a blown gasket on a water jacket to exhaust.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2021 | 05:40 PM
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Your suggestion arouses my curiosity.
it's my turn not to understand when you speak About « a blown gasket on a water jacket to exhaust » 😄. Witch gasket can be blown do you mean? Between witch parts ? If you think about the cylinder head gasket, I don't think so because the level in my radiator never moves. My liquid in the radiator is fluorescent and it’s really condensate water , not fluorescent, at my exhaust tube end.


 
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Exactly what I meant head gasket blown on the water jacket going out the exhaust, being fluorescent wouldn't be noticed. But if you have heavy white smoke, heavy condensate, it could be a bad head gasket. I take a clear quart glass jar hold it onto the tail pipe and collect 2 or 3 tablespoons of water. If it has a slight tint to it that matches your coolant, then you've got a bad head gasket....hope you understand what I have written.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2021 | 06:10 PM
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Yes Mike , I understand everything, thank you.

Doing that with the glass cup tomorrow. But don’t think it’s that because after start my cold engine, after the warm up, the engine run without any smoke, white or black.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2021 | 12:02 PM
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That was right, cata obstructed. Everything was taken off inside and happily walking inside.



After a test drive on the road, my Van has never been so nervous like this. I should have done this a very long time ago.

Always a little water when starting cold but almost certain that it is condensation.



 
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