Volkswagen's Development of the New Carbureted Exhaust Emission Concept for Model Year 1982

A complete new emission control system has been designed for Volkswagen four cylinder inline carburetor power plant in model year 1982. This paper will describe the main components of the mixture formation and emission control system consisting basicly of a new carburetor and dual bed catalytic converter. The paper also shows the development results in the area of emission and fuel consumption.