Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:36:50 -0800
Reply-To: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
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From: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Subject: Re: CAT vs EGR (or both?)
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Jim,
My point is that there is not an inspection for 30+ year old vehicles here
in CA. I've never known anyone who got flagged by a cop for excessive
smoking (for their car that is), so I'm not certain what the procedure would
be for a 30+ year old vehicle. Perhaps a call to my local smog referee is
in order.
Cheers,
Jeff
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Of jimt
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 3:09 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: CAT vs EGR (or both?)
On 1/24/05 1:18 PM, "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> Do you have any proof that 30+ year old cars are required to have their
> original smog equipment in California?
>
> I've been dealing with CA smog for quite some (I used to have a smog
license
> many years ago) and this is a new one for me.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Tim Olmstead
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:58 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: CAT vs EGR (or both?)
>
>
> If you are in CA you need to have all the emissions components that came
> on the vehicle from the factory. After you have them they need to function
> properly :)
> Believe it or not even the exempt (1975 and earlier) vehicles are required
> to have all of the emissions equipment that they were born with. These
> vehicles are only exempt from bi-annual testing not from emissions
> standards. Example: if you had a 1973 VW Westfalia that was noticeably
> smoking and a police officer pulled you over and wrote you a ticket you
> would eventually receive a notice to take your vehicle to an emissions
> test station. If they found you did not have all the emissions equipment
> and you could not afford to purchase, install and make functional, the
> SoCA could require you to crush your vehicle. Sad to say though true.
>
> Tim
>
>> Is there anyone out there passing CA smog without the EGR stuff in place?
>>
>> maybe just a nice tight exhaust system and a brand new CAT would do the
>> trick, or should I just start working now to find all of these parts?
>>
>> I need a crossover pipe, CAT, and all of the EGR stuff currently. (thats
>> whats missing anyway)
>>
>> the EGR stuff is all blocked off, almost looking like it never came with
>> it,
>> but from the Mcode I guess it did at some point.
>>
>> I just wasnt sure if one of those systems would be effective enough in
>> reducing emitions to warrant skipping the other.
>>
>> thanks for any leads
>>
>> cr
>>
>>
>
>
Actually that is a Federal rule. If it was born with it, it must have it.
Even here in somewhat less restrictive colorado they will nail you on that
one and you do not get a cost waiver on repairs for missing equipment. Only
for not functioning equipment.
The trick with many emissions places is that unless their computers
specifically mention a type of system in place the inspector may not know
what they are looking for and not realize the stuff is missing.
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jimt
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