CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of our reports dated March 1, 2007, relating to the consolidated
financial statements and financial statement schedule of Tenneco Inc. and
consolidated subsidiaries (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and
includes an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company's adoption of Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment" on January
1, 2006 and the Company's adoption of the recognition and disclosure provisions
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, "Employers' Accounting
for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Post Retirement Plans -- an amendment of
FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R)" on December 31, 2006) and
management's report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting (which report expresses an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of the
Company's internal control over financial reporting because of a material
weakness), appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Tenneco Inc. for the
year ended December 31, 2006.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
April 30, 2007