Oops -- my bad. I should have read your post more carefully because it's true that I misquoted you pretty badly. How's about: John Bange raises his right hand and swears that, "I had mine smogged last month, and yes indeed, [pressurizing the fuel tank] was officially part of the test...[skip about 250 words]...but...more than half of the pre-OBD cars...cannot be hooked up to the system for lack of a suitable adapter...[and so] the test guy just put "NA" in the box that asked for the test results and sent me on my way, as per CARB instructions." -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR
On 3/3/2008 9:50 PM John Bange wrote: >> John Bange raises his right hand and swears that, "I had mine smogged >> last month, and yes indeed, [pressurizing the fuel tank] was officially >> part of the test." >> > > Hey! You missed the entire point of my post! It is officially part of the > test, but (as the test guy said) so few cars can be hooked up to the test > equipment, it is frequently just skipped and "NA" entered in the computer. > In my case, the fancy 20 minute evap system test was definitely skipped. > Gas cap, that's a separate issue. As far as I can recall, they've ALWAYS > tested the gas cap. The old '79 dodge van I drove for work failed once on a > bad gas cap. > > -- > John Bange > '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" |
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