Date:         Wed, 02 Jul 1997 23:48:33 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Todd Francis <tbf@pacifier.com>
Subject:      Re: Inspection BLUES

tbill wrote:
> 
> Bossman@concentric.net wrote:
> >
> > Hey, my brother tried to pass inspection yesterday w/ his 1980 Vanagon
> > air-cooled and he failed because of CO2 emissions.  What could be done
> > to pass inspection quickly, then what should we look for to repair?
> >                                         Later,
> >
> Hey, me too! Must be an epidemic!  I'm getting desperate, bot a bottle
> of stuff from LAPS guarenteed to pass (with lots of fine print).  We'll
> see...
> TBill

  We had luck with putting about 60% racing alcohol in the tank. Just
enough to get to the inspection station. Fill with gas on the way home.
 Type one engines are a lot easier. A lot of shops here have engines
around the shop that always pass. They just trade engines and take the
car to inspection and then change the engine back.
-- 
Todd Francis
'86 Westy Syncro
'91 Tristar