I see some people complaining of catalytic poisoning, how are they damaging it? Dust? or bad gas?
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I'm not sure what the correct answer to your question is, but I can tell you that it is recommended to keep the Waves covered when not in use. Allowing the media to accumulate dust will shorten its life. That said I'm using a wave that is probably 10 years old and I have a newer one that is currently stored until the older one bites the dust, no pun intended. We love our Wave 6's. Keep them covered when not in use and they should serve you well. Remember to allow ventilation (marginally opening a window, etc) when using any un-vented gas heater. I hope this helps.
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You can never truely know how people "really" care for their own equipment. All I can say is that I've had 2 of these, one was an early "white" painted version, and it had never been stored with a cover. It even had some areas of the catalytic mat that were flaking off. Yet it still worked 100% perfect, and we camped with it for years, running it all night long while we slept, and never had one single issue with weird smells, being poisoned to death, etc. We used it (a Wave 6) in our Starcraft pop up tent trailer w/ 11' long box, 23' long when opened. When I found a deal on one of the newer black painted versions, I sold the white one to a neighbor, who continues to use it. The black one I purchased was also used, and had never been covered during storage. It too worked, and continues to work perfectly, and because we camp in the mountains at 4,500-7,000' altitude, it gets used all night long, on every trip. On an 8 day trip this passed summer ('14) we used it every night, and the refrigerator ran on LP the entire time, and we cooked dinner almost every night on the camper's stove, and did not use up the entire 4.7 gallons (20lb tank) of LP in our single tank. Needless to say, I remain a big fan of these heaters.
329725
There's an exhaust on one of the sides. You have to vacuum in favor of the exhaust side to keep the dirt swept up from blowing anywhere.
930433
Safety issues aside, I've driven 30 miles several times with this container full of gas inside my car with the windows up. At most, I've detected a very slight gasoline odor. I have also had to drive with various amounts of fuel in old style containers, and with those, its is impossible to drive without opening the windows, otherwise, the fumes are unbearable.
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I am a software engineer, not a auto mechanic, so do not take my words for granted. it is based on my investigation for my 1996 civic. EX models exhaust manifest and catalytic converter are two different parts than combo part in other lower end models. so find the part that went bad, also u have many suppliers who will provide matching parts. - All the best.
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I'm not sure if it's the official way to do it but if you've already pressured it pull off the gas line and stick a flat head screwdriver into the inner circle on your post (like letting air out of a bike tire). Should hear a nice hiss...let off as much as you want/need and you should be good to go.
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no, if fumes are entering your car, you have a problem in the exhaust system.
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It's garbage. It reeks horribly... I believe it's got a polyurethane wrapping, which is responsible for the majority of the off-gassing. Big, giant notice stating that it meets CA flammability requirements, AKA it's chock full of flame retardant chemicals. Not at all non-toxic.
431008
my engine smokes very well,can see it even 20 foot distance, use mth smoke fluid. picked mine up new for 150.00....
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Hi there!!! Well I could not find anything on the can that pertains to your issue, but I have used this product myself with no problems. If you contact NIOSH Corp. they could tell you more. Hope this helps in some way. steve
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It's Good to 700*F but exhaust is much hotter (on a car anyway.) It should clean up easily as Jared said.
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I've had one for a few years now and I came back here to update my review. If your sanimate is not producing the ozone and is possibly making a clicking sound it could have sediment of some kind built up in there. I used a vacuum (milage may vary) and ran it over the front of the Sanimate and its now quite and pumping out clean air again.
718223
If the smell isn't bad like there is a fire, it is normal. Dust and chemicals just have to burn off. But it shouldn't last more than a few hours at the most.
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Supposedly, you should add it to your tank and drive about 15 miles. They suggest 1 bottle for a quarter tank of gas. As the gas is burned, the fumes are supposed to clean out the honeycomb thing that is inside of the catalytic converter, BUT it didn't necessarily work for me. I learned that once the catalytic converter starts to go bad, the pieces inside start to deteriorate, which is not something that this product can fix.
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I only use ethanol free gasoline for this reason. Ethanol is highly corrosive - thank you congressman!
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There is a coating/paint that is fuel resistant. I would assume that the coating is better than shiney metal that might corrode from moisture in the fuel.
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If the fuel has gone bad then you need to drain and replace with fresh fuel. That point on I would recommend using Lucas to keep the rest of the fuel system clean.
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what?the heads have ports leading into the carburators and the head gases are burned in the engine. works fine, I clean up oil when cleaning air filter. this is better than letting it drip on the ground.