Date:         Thu, 6 Jun 2002 04:58:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Arlen <manx1342@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Arlen <manx1342@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Tiico engine DEQ certification
Comments: To: Jeff Maurer <jeff.maurer@INFOCUS.COM>
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Jeff,

Why do you feel you need to tell DEQ that you have installed a different type
of engine in your Vanagon? I live in Milwaukie, OR and have found that in the
last couple years they don't much care what you are driving as long as it
passes the emissions test. The method they use now is a dynamic "rolling road"
that has nothing to do with your engine RPM (hence no attachment of a tach
sensor to a spark plug cable). They drive your vehicle onto the rollers, stick
a sensor up the tailpipe, and check the readings under acceleration up to about
35 MPH. It passes or it doesn't.

The last two times I went through in a Vanagon they had absolutely no idea what
kind of engine was in it.

I have a Tiico engine sitting in my garage right now and will be installing it
as soon as I get my Vanagon back from the paint shop. I'm not telling DEQ
"nuthin'".

Don't know if this helps but someone's got to be the "last outlaw".

Arlen
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Jeff Maurer wrote:

> For those that have done the Tiico conversion.  Any issues getting the
> engine certified by DEQ (mandatory emissions testing)?
>
> I've heard stories where cars (not vanagons) could not be certified because
> of an engine and/or ECU swap.
>
> Thanks!
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Maurer
> Director, Enterprise Applications Development
> Information Technology
>
> 27700B SW Parkway Ave.
> Wilsonville, OR 97070-9215
> 503.685.8879 v
> 503.803.8386 c
> 503.685.8839 f