Total emissions are never part of smog tests in the US. Thus a legal big engine can put out more total pollutants than a dirty small engine, and frequently do if I remember correctly reading that in I think the technical section of Car and Driver. Mike
On Jun 11, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Don Hanson wrote: > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:57 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com > >wrote: > >> While emissions tests suck their main purpose is to identify gross >> polluters and you are definitely there. >> > > > Just for curiosity, and without a need for detailed explanation of > all the > various numbers, just a general sense of what is...... > > Is the total emissions, overall, ever considered during smog > testing or > do they always test for a %? Is what actually comes out of the > vehicle and > enters the atmosphere, the total amount of 'gunk' ever factored into > it all? > > Does a Vanagon, even one that is unable to pass emission tests, > actually > pollute very much, compared to other vehicles that may be certified > 'acceptable'? Is a 'dirty' vanagon putting more crap into the air > than say > a 'clean' 6.5 liter Jeep Grand Cherokee or a Dodge Ram pickup or > something? > Over all? > > When I drive my vanagon, with it's 2.0liter ABA Jetta motor in my > locality > that has no emission testing requirements, am I being irresponsible > more so > than some one cruising around in an Excursion that has been smogged > somewhere? Do 20 Prius-es equal one Hummer when it comes to crap > put out > for us all to breathe? > > When someone mentions Vanagons as being "old tech" and "soon likely > to be > prohibited (in places like Cali...maybe) because they are such > polluters" > is that really the truth? > > At the end of a year, say...if you collected all the smut that > spewed out > of a Vanagon's tail pipe and did the same for a Sprinter or a > Prevost motor > coach....a bag or a box for each....which box or bag would be bigger? > Don Hanson |
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