Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:34:10 -0700
Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Failed emissions for third time
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Take it to another shop--now! This guy is clueless and just wants to get
rid of you. He'll keep taking your money until you stop coming back. Cut
your losses now.
Good luck!
Stuart
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
David M
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 4:16 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Failed emissions for third time
The shop is called German Autotec on Main St in Mesa.
I jsut spoke to them on the phone.
They said they connected a diagnostic tool to the ECU (he called it a
';break-out box') and it indicates the coolant temperature sensor, the
throttle switch, the AFM and the air-temperature sensor are bad.
He quoted me $450 plus $50 labor just to replace the AFM.
The throttle switch and air temperature sensor he said are no longer
available.
Not sure what to do now. He said he'll charge me $150 for the diagnostic
work so far and of course I've paid $55 in emissions testing fees. My
registration expired at the end of June.
David
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From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com>
To: 'David M' <covrambles@YAHOO.COM>; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 1:56 PM
Subject: RE: Failed emissions for third time
Who are you taking the van to? Were the readings before the cat
significantly different than those after?
I'd suggest taking it to Import Car Specialists at 16th St and Indian School
- 602-265-6412 - talk to Ray,
Or Myer's European on McClintock and McKellips. Their # is 480-946-5200.
Good luck,
Karl Wolz
|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
|On Behalf Of David M
|Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 1:15 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Failed emissions for third time
|
|I posted a while back about my 1987 Vanagon failing the AZ
|emissions on CO and NOX levels.
|The place I took it to said it was running rich and they
|adjusted the timing and mixture. Then they told me to drive it
|50-75 miles on the freeway to 'clean out the exhaust'. Well I
|did that and took it back in and they put it on their exhaust
|analyser. They said it should pass now so I had it retested
|(free) and it failed on CO and NOX again. CO and NOX were down