RE: passing emissions

[Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com>]

this isn't for my 16V (i passed with 80ppm..), it's for my GF's corolla.
 she is going to sell it and get another car, but she can't afford to
right now, so i need to pass it once more.  it's got a carb with a
gazillion vacuum lines, tons of valves, solenoids, actuators, and...get
this.....a temperature sender an O2 sensor!  crazy japs...  i tried to
adjust it, but it's not adjustable externally(i just need to lean out
the idle).  i was contemplating a complete teardown/clean/rebuild, but
i'm deathly afraid of what sort of japanology is hidden inside this
thing.  so i need a quick fix short of slipping the guy a $20.  i live
in florida.  down here, in order to get a new year sticker for your
license, you need to pass the sniffer.  no pass, no license.

chris
86 16V scirocco

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>From: 	16V JASON[SMTP:jason@scirocco.org]
>Sent: 	Thursday, January 21, 1999 1:31 PM
>To: 	Chris Coracini
>Cc: 	scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: 	Re: passing emissions
>
>At 11:29 AM 1/21/99 , you wrote:
>>someone suggested a bottle of rubbing alcohol in a tank 1/8th full of
>>gas.  rubbing alcohol is 30% water.  this is bad, right?  i know someone
>>did this and it worked.  is it worth the risk?  i've heard suggestions
>>of a product call HEAT?  also, anyone try those over the counter
>>"guaranteed to pass emissions" gas additives?  lemme know..
>
>I did, on a '95 Honda Civic VTEC.. The HC limit was 180ppm, and the car
>scored 190-something... I figured since it was so close, one of those
>"Guaranteed" deals would work. Spend $6 on the bottle, $35 on the emissions
>test... and the results were worse - like 215ppm or something. I got $9
>back from the product mfr, but that's a far cry from the extra $30-some I
>paid to fail the next test.
>
>Do yourself (and the environment) a favor-- get your car runnig right.
>Running properly, you'll get better mileage, pollute less, and (get this)
>your car will be even faster.  16Vs should not have any problem at *all*
>passing emissions testing if it's running right.  Riley had an emissions
>test on his 1.8 16v last year *without* a cat and it *still* would have
>passed US emissions testings..
>
>Don't throw your money away-- go get a tune up. :)
>		Jason
>
>
>
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>jason@scirocco.org
>1987 Scirocco 16v
>57,000 original miles.
>http://members.aol.com/rocco16v  
>

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