Glad you passed with no additional expense. Some might say California is living up to it's reputation. Jerry (in Arizona, who used to live in California) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 9:18 PM Subject: California Smog - '82 Vanagon
> Well, with a little help from the state of California, I passed smog. > > Recap: > > Failed smog fairly big-time back in Septemeber. Had VW dealer set idle air > mixture according to spec, put on a new catalytic converter and went for > retest. Just barely failed CO at 15 and 25 mph, everything else was OK. > > Applied to the state for assistance and it was granted. Took the vehicle to > a "Gold Shield" station. On their "baseline" test I passed at 15 mph, and > missed CO by .07% (!) at 25 mph. Mysteriously, the fuel cap, which had > passed at the "test only" station, failed! > > The state bought me a $41.47 (!) fuel cap and 2 hours @ $125 per hour to get > the vehicle to pass. No out-of-pocket for me as I'd already spent more than > the Co-pay with the VW dealer. > --------------------------------------------------- > Tom Young > Lafayette, CA 94549 > --------------------------------------------------- > |
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