Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 13:47:12 -0700
Reply-To: aircooled chris <aircooledchris@EUCASAFARI.VENDIOWEB.COM>
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From: aircooled chris <aircooledchris@EUCASAFARI.VENDIOWEB.COM>
Subject: Re: passing CA emissions?
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It looks like all of the original equipment is available from the
vendors around the web. Mine isn't a CA modem, but it us a US model, so
it should have a CAT at the very least. I didnt see an EGR on the
busboys layout of my exhaust system.
The pipe I thought was supposed to go to an EGR filter appears to be a
connection from the crossover pipe to the left side heater box.
I'll have to take a look and see if I can tell where the crossover pipe
would connect to that heater box and see if anything else is leaking, or
if I have some kind of non-stock heater box and there is no longer
anything to connect it to the connecting pipe.
Bottom line is I think I need a new crossover pipe, CAT and muffler.
Maybe not a muffler, but im sure its as old as the rest of it. I wonder
if other parts, a little less pricey than stock replacement, could do
the same job. Just some US car CAT welded to random muffler. As long as
it isnt total junk, it should filter out enough of the whatever to pass
emissions. - hows that for "I dont know what the hell im talking about"
logic. =)
I'll probably have to suck it up and get some stock parts. Too bad were
going back to CA, otherwise there are some really inexpensive complete
systems I could go to for less than $200 total.
aircooled chris
Tom Young wrote:
>You're probably going to have to go to a "Test Only" station - depending on
>your location - and these deficiencies will probably cause you to fail,
>irrespective of tailpipe readings. Leaks in the exhaust are also picked up
>on the tailpipe test and will cause you to fail. You might want to leave
>the vehicle in the state you're moving out of and start over in California.
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>Tom Young '81 Vanagon
>Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "aircooled chris" <aircooledchris@EUCASAFARI.VENDIOWEB.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 3:58 PM
>Subject: passing CA emissions?
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>>Hello,
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>>I have an 81 aircooled westy and am looking into moving back out to
>>California.
>>A few things ive noticed with the van I have now is:
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>>1. No CAT Converter. Not sure if there was one before, but there is just
>>a pipe where it would usually be.
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>>2. No EGR. The exhaust has a pipe that looks like it would go to where
>>the EGR is, but its just clamped shut and where I think the EGR would
>>connect to the motor (that egg shaped spot) - its sealed off from the
>>inside.
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>>Barring a visual inspection for original equipment, what would I need to
>>do to just get it so it would pass an emissions test? I dont know where
>>I would be on the scale currently, but im sure its not good. I have a
>>few holes in the crossover pipe as well, but maybe between that and the
>>hole for the EGR, enough exhaust gets out before my tail that I wont
>>read all that bad!
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>>thanks for any tips, suggestions or misc tomfoolery.
>>
>>aircooled chris
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