Enjoy it now. I'll bet money that inspections get tougher in the future. Let us know how the mileage changes.

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green 85 300SD 200K miles "Das Schlepper Frog" With a OM603 TBO360 turbo ( To be intercooled someday )( Kalifornistani emissons )
white 79 300SD 200K'ish miles "Farfegnugen" (RIP - cracked crank)
desert storm primer 63 T-bird "The Undead" (long term hibernation)

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I know that messing with the emissions is messing with the EPA, but they have little or no enforcement. It is just like my car with Euro headlights, I am breaking some Federal DOT rule but New York State could care less and I have never heard of any Federal DOT enforcement for private vehicles.

I know that even with the low sulfur diesel in Europe they still have catalysts on the diesels. I am not a proponent of more emissions, but I thnk the chances of getting caught for hollowing out your cat. in a state that has no emission regulations for diesels is negligable.

What kind of mileage are you getting?

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1987 300TD x 3
2005 E320CDI

I agree that it is highly unlikely that someone would be caught for this without state emissions checks. But posting plans to do so in public makes me infer that the poster doesn't know that there is indeed a chance of trouble.

I'm sure glad no one has ever discussed defeating their EGR on this forum, big brother may be watching.

Or running a 'test' pipe, in place of the 'cat'....permenently


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::Gasp!!!:: I gutted the cat on my SDL... it passed the inspection. Almost every place only has Safety for them.

If I had a '99 TD, I'd have gutted it also.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

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The best way to gut an old cat without removal is from the top. Pull the whole exhaust, cut a hole in the top, do the nasty, and weld the hole closed. Nobody will know of the change except you and whoever you tell.

The cat on the 99 is visible in the engine compartment so there really is no discrete place to do it. It kind of does an upside down Z in the downpipe as it exits. The place I cut it is probably the least seen place.

I do notice there is more smoke at idle and the exhaust does smell more. Mmm more french fries. I guess the cat did filter out a good deal of particulates.

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99 E300 TURBODIESEL Astral Silver 282K - AMG brakes, suspension, monoblocks, speedo & interior - Full Load Maxed on IP by custom Speed Tuning USA Chip - T3/T4 Garrett - EGR/MAF delete
98 E300 TURBODIESEL Alexandrite Green on black leather 289K
95 E300 DIESEL Green Queen 267K SOLD
84 300D 216k SOLD
87 300D 299K #22 head - intercooler - full load adj. - 8sec 0-60mph - SOLD
76 300D 214K SOLD