At 03:02 PM 7/22/2009, Roland wrote: >Yes, one of our favorite subjects: good old CA smog test, '89 2.1. It has >passed twice before without needing help, but not this time. > >It has high hydrocarbons at idle, which means it is running rich. Mine went from offscale (never even started the rollers) to a very comfortable pass (10% of max) in RI by changing the oil, which I did based on some stuff I read in Bentley. YMMV of course, but it's easy to try. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '89 Po' White Star "Scamp" |
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