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Date:         Thu, 29 Jun 1995 19:08:19 -0700 (PDT)
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From:         David Schwarze <des@teleport.com>
Subject:      Re: Emissions Failure

PLICKYS@aol.com writes: > > Last i talked to everyone i was trying to sell my syncro. We'll i just > couldn't do it!! My wife is pissed, but i think she knows things would be > worse if i got rid of it. My problem is that i'm due for emissions in > connecticut in a couple of weeks. (connecticut has gotten really severe > concerning emissions). Last time thru i failed terribly and had to get > waived. Of course this is after spending some big bucks and it still failed. > The dealer is no help, he said they all fail.

Perhaps you could put on a fuel pressure regulator and reduce the fuel pressure? That should make it run leaner. Anyone on the list have any thoughts about that? It might help if you posted your emissions results to the list, so we could all see how it failed.

-David

============================================================================ David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) San Diego, California, USA '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) e-mail: des@teleport.com '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Sleeper) http://www.teleport.com/~des '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) ============================================================================


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