Jim; That reminds me; I also had mine tested without the working cat. It failed miserably, over 250ppm I think. I had it tested the day after I installed a new converter. The number was in the teens! That was two years ago. As a non-sequitur; she failed again this year. Turned out to be a bad exhaust valve causing low compression. Replaced it and result again in the teens. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC> 86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe -------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:10:37 -0800 Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> writes: >FWIW, I had a similar experience when I lived in San Diego. Being >basically broke, I hollowed it out and reinstalled it. When the next >smog inspection came due, still being broke, I tried the inspection >with it still empty. Passed just fine. In the SCAMD, (South Coast Air >Management District) at the time the toughest emissions standards in >the world. > >IMHO, if all else is within spec, it doesn't do much. > >Jim > >kenneth d lewis wrote: >> >> Alan; >> My cat clogged up far from home so I hollowed it out to >contnue >> my journey. It was that way for a while until I had time to repair >it. I >> noticed no benifits in gas milage or performance. For the sake of >air >> quility I desided to fix it. >> ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. |
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