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emissions testing



--- Chris Jung <palace_master@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Here in Canada, if you install a newer motor, like
> the
> 16V in a '79; the car will have to meet the
> emissions
> standards of the newer motor that you installed.
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This is the "official" law in Maryland and it is also
federal law in the USA.

 But
> then again, all the VW motors look the same to the
> uneducated, so I suppose it's only if you tell them.
> 
> They do the same thing here, put the car up on the
> rollers and shove the probe up the pipe and sniff. 
> THey also do a visual inspection for the cat, stock
> airbox, etc.  One thing, here in Canada, they are
> more
> lenient if you have an old car like a mk.1 or my
> '83. 
> They didn't bother looking under my car or under the
> hood.  Besides , my car is before the days of cats. 
> I
> was surprised at how well my car did on the last
> smog
> test.  It scored well better than the minimum
> amounts
> required, and the car has 240,000kms on it; although
> it has some head work done to it.

Properly cared for VW's run very clean :-)


=====
Mark Peele
1985 Scirocco, 1982 Scirocco, 1981 Scirocco, 1978 Scirocco, 1987 Golf GT
http://www.scirocco2.de/mark.htm
Direct Mail: SCIROCCO_GTX@YAHOO.COM
Need parts? try http://www.parts4vws.com/ (Potterman)
or http://www.germanautoparts.com/ (Adirondack)
or http://thescirocco.com

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