EXHIBIT 24

                            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 the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002 of Tenneco Automotive Inc., including any and all amendments
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 purposes 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
11th day of March, 2003.

                                          /s/ MARK P. FRISSORA
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Mark P. Frissora


                            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 the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002 of Tenneco Automotive Inc., including any and all amendments
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 purposes 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
11th day of March, 2003.

                                          /s/ MARK A. MCCOLLUM
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Mark A. McCollum


                            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 the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002 of Tenneco Automotive Inc., including any and all amendments
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 purposes 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
11th day of March, 2003.

                                          /s/  KENNETH R. TRAMMELL
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Kenneth R. Trammell


                            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 the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002 of Tenneco Automotive Inc., including any and all amendments
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 purposes 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
11th day of March, 2003.

                                          /s/ SIR DAVID PLASTOW
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Sir David Plastow


                            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 her
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to execute the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002 of Tenneco Automotive Inc., including any and all amendments
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 purposes as she 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
11th day of March, 2003.

                                                /s/ M. KATHRYN EICKHOFF
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          M. Kathryn Eickhoff


                            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 the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002 of Tenneco Automotive Inc., including any and all amendments
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 purposes 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
11th day of March, 2003.

                                          /s/ ROGER B. PORTER
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Roger B. Porter


                            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 the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002 of Tenneco Automotive Inc., including any and all amendments
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 purposes 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
11th day of March, 2003.

                                          /s/ PAUL T. STECKO
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Paul T. Stecko


                            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 the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002 of Tenneco Automotive Inc., including any and all amendments
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 purposes 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
11th day of March, 2003.

                                          /s/ DAVID B. PRICE, JR.
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          David B. Price, Jr.


                            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 the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002 of Tenneco Automotive Inc., including any and all amendments
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 purposes 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
11th day of March, 2003.

                                          /s/ FRANK E. MACHER
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Frank E. Macher


                            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 the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002 of Tenneco Automotive Inc., including any and all amendments
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 purposes 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
11th day of March, 2003.

                                          /s/ DENNIS G. SEVERANCE
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Dennis G. Severance