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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1

                            TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC.
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark A. McCollum
and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act alone, as his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Tenneco
Automotive Inc. ("Tenneco") relating to the Tenneco Automotive Inc. Stock
Ownership Plan (formerly known as the Tenneco Inc. 1996 Stock Ownership Plan)
and any subsequent registration statement filed by Tenneco pursuant to Rule
462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and any amendment thereto, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any one of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



     IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
14th day of March, 2000.



                                                   /s/ MARK ANDREWS

                                          --------------------------------------

                                                       Mark Andrews

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                            TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC.
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark A. McCollum
and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act alone, as his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Tenneco
Automotive Inc. ("Tenneco") relating to the Tenneco Automotive Inc. Stock
Ownership Plan (formerly known as the Tenneco Inc. 1996 Stock Ownership Plan)
and any subsequent registration statement filed by Tenneco pursuant to Rule
462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and any amendment thereto, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any one of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



     IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
14th day of March, 2000.


                                                /s/ M. KATHRYN EICKHOFF
                                          --------------------------------------
                                                   M. Kathryn Eickhoff
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                            TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC.
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                            TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC.
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark A. McCollum
and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act alone, as his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Tenneco
Automotive Inc. ("Tenneco") relating to the Tenneco Automotive Inc. Stock
Ownership Plan (formerly known as the Tenneco Inc. 1996 Stock Ownership Plan)
and any subsequent registration statement filed by Tenneco pursuant to Rule
462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and any amendment thereto, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


     IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
14th day of March, 2000.

                                                   /s/ DAVID PLASTOW
                                          --------------------------------------
                                                    Sir David Plastow
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                            TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC.
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark A. McCollum
and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act alone, as his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Tenneco
Automotive Inc. ("Tenneco") relating to the Tenneco Automotive Inc. Stock
Ownership Plan (formerly known as the Tenneco Inc. 1996 Stock Ownership Plan)
and any subsequent registration statement filed by Tenneco pursuant to Rule
426(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and any amendment thereto, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any one of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



     IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
14th day of March, 2000.


                                                  /s/ ROGER B. PORTER
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                                                     Roger B. Porter
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                            TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC.
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark A. McCollum
and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act alone, as his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Tenneco
Automotive Inc. ("Tenneco") relating to the Tenneco Automotive Inc. Stock
Ownership Plan (formerly known as the Tenneco Inc. 1996 Stock Ownership Plan)
and any subsequent registration statement filed by Tenneco pursuant to Rule
462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and any amendment thereto, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any one of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



     IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
14th day of March, 2000.



                                                /s/ DAVID B. PRICE, JR.

                                          --------------------------------------

                                                   David B. Price, Jr.

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                            TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC.
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned does hereby appoint Timothy R. Donovan, Mark A. McCollum
and Kenneth R. Trammell, and each of them, with full power to act alone, as his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Tenneco
Automotive Inc. ("Tenneco") relating to the Tenneco Automotive Inc. Stock
Ownership Plan (formerly known as the Tenneco Inc. 1996 Stock Ownership Plan)
and any subsequent registration statement filed by Tenneco pursuant to Rule
426(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and any amendment thereto, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purchases as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any one of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



     IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
14th day of March, 2000.


                                                  /s/ PAUL T. STECKO
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                                                      Paul T. Stecko