Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:00:32 -0700
Reply-To: Michael Brenner <brenner9@YOSEMITE.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Michael Brenner <brenner9@YOSEMITE.NET>
Subject: Re: 82 Failed CA Smog Test- help!
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Ok here is a totally illegal way of passing, if you can't get it straitened
out and your mechanic is cool (or not looking).....
Leave the vehicle running at high RPM, and move the smog electrode from the
center of the cap to one of the individual cylinders (so it's reading only a
quarter of the high rpm's), the logic being that a vehicle runs real clean
at high rpm's, and the machine thinks it's at idle. Saw a guy pass a bug
that way once.
You didn't hear this here....
MJB
----- Original Message -----
From: "S.Harrison" <diverseimaging@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: 82 Failed CA Smog Test- help!
> Cat, muffler, tailpipe are all ~1 year old. Thanks for the tip RE the
higher
> octane fuel.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Brassaw" <sendmeanemail@EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: 82 Failed CA Smog Test- help!
>
>
> > I've had several mechanics tell me to run a couple of tanks of High
> > Octane before getting smoged. Also, when was the last time a new Cat
> > was put on--it might be time.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> > Of S.Harrison
> > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 9:03 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: 82 Failed CA Smog Test- help!
> >
> > 82 Vanagon Westy. 89K on original engine.
> >
> > Took it to a local garage that is certified to smog test vehicles up for
> > the
> > CA biennial inspections. Drove it for a about 2 hours prior so it was
> > good
> > and warmed-up.
> >
> > I passed all aspects of the test but the CO% at idle -- I was at 5.56%,
> > with
> > a maximum allowable of 2.00. The CO% at 2500 RPM measurement was fine,
> > about
> > 0.62%.
> >
> > So what could help? I'll be changing the oil and filter, installing new
> > plugs, cap, rotor, and points before the next check, but any ideas on
> > how I
> > can lower the CO percentage? Could the AFM be at fault? Leaky injector
> > seals?
> >
> > TIA ...
>
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