Date:         Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:09:41 +0000
Reply-To:     Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@MAC.COM>
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From:         Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Failed Ca Smog due to Evaporative leak
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I have a great Smog Test Only guy in Sacramento who LOVES Vanagons, if you want to come out here for the day. M&S Auto on Auburn Boulevard. My old '81 passed every time with a bit of assistance! And my '84 passes with flying colors.

Melissa
'84 Westy Honey Bee
Sacramento, CA

On Apr 06, 2012, at 08:59 AM, John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I'd be tempted to bring it to another test station. I've had both my vans
> tested in several places, and each one of them has marked that part of the
> test N/A. One test tech who was very talkative and HATED the state's
> arbitrary addition of a new test on old vehicles concluded that not only is
> the evap system too inaccessible to test properly, they also don't have
> appropriate adapters to pressure test either the gas cap or the tank. He
> was ranting (good naturedly) about it for several minutes. The last test I
> had, 2 months ago, the tech walked around my van for 20 minutes with a mag
> lite looking for the carbon canister before giving up. I think it's
> possible you got a tech who THOUGHT he could test the evap system, and
> mis-recorded a failure that was the result of its non-testability.