Mercury marine working on a catalytic converter

[BilletHead]

20 minutes ago, Terrierman said:

I've got a 2017 Dodge with the Cummins motor.  After 15,000 miles the tailpipe still looks new.  That's clean burning.  I breathe this air and so do my kids and grandkids.  Anything we can do to slow down how fast we screw up the planet is fine by me.

              I agree Rick. I bet California regulations require a spark arrestor on outboards run there. Now that would be going too far ,

BilletHead

[fishinwrench]

Except for the temporary dust cloud when a car goes flying down the gravel road, the air is perfectly fine here.  

[Basfis]

2 hours ago, Terrierman said:

I've got a 2017 Dodge with the Cummins motor.  After 15,000 miles the tailpipe still looks new.  That's clean burning.  I breathe this air and so do my kids and grandkids.  Anything we can do to slow down how fast we screw up the planet is fine by me.

Is it better or just less black/soot?  It is how to meet the current epa regs. That assumes they are right and didn’t overlook something else....

so far, kidneys are the only urea filter, now we inject urea to burn?

please don’t read this as a knock on your rig either. They are as solid as any. The after treatment stuff is still unproven for the long run. Remember platinum bead catalytic converters? Those were the deal right up until they weren’t 

[fishinwrench]

If the automotive and Marine power manufacturers wanna take the hit then I'm good with it all.   

What I'm not good with is passing the extra cost of these "improvements" down to the consumer.   

[Basfis]

2 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

If the automotive and Marine power manufacturers wanna take the hit then I'm good with it all.   

What I'm not good with is passing the extra cost of these "improvements" down to the consumer.   

That may never happen. A 100 hp is still 100 hp. Gas or diesel. It’s certainly not the power or efficiency of manufacturing that drive costs up...

the consumer paying for it really shows on items sold in power classes like tractors and outboards. 

[grizwilson]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

If the automotive and Marine power manufacturers wanna take the hit then I'm good with it all.   

What I'm not good with is passing the extra cost of these "improvements" down to the consumer.   

Well you can get in on the ground floor of this, I am here at the bar...I mean Lab developing outboard exhaust fluid (OEF) the next big thing...just need some good marketing.