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• Re: 060412 AFM question
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:43:46 -0500
  ...this morning trying to find someone to measure the CO and HC in my exhaust on my 82 air cooled Westy so that I...
• Re: Avoid Freeze 12!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 2 Jul 2006 06:25:47 -0700
  --snip-- >Now I don't think that there is a problem with > the refrigerant itself - but it is a blend (80% R134, 20% HCFC...
• Re: Fuel Injection (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 23 May 2001 09:00:43 -0400
  ...Mine run at 50 ppm HC on the lean side but ok. The other >thing is you don't mention attempting to adjust the...
• Re: Proper gap for spark plug 85 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Russell Patten
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 23:49:43 -0500
  ...for problems such as possibly a weak coil or a bad >HCU/hall sender.) > >-Kyle _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from...
• FW: spring clip tool
  Historical mailing list - al jordans
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:00:40 -0400
  ...http://buy.snapon.com/catalog/pro_det.asp?P65=yes&qt=1&tool=&INV_ONHAND=&FRE IGHT=&qty=1&Item_id=11394&PartNo=HCP10...
• Re: Bostig Oil Level Warning Light Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 20 Dec 2013 21:44:19 -0800
  ...Bostig Oil Level Warning Light Circuit The Bostig HC Oilpan comes with a low level float which triggers an = indicator light when the circuit...
• 84 1.9 lifter collapse & CA smog - HC's issue (sorry it's so long)
  Historical mailing list - Leonard Anthony
  Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:19:50 -0700
  ...The problem is the HC's. They passed at idle, limit is 120ppm, ave is 37, mine measured 94. even though it passed this...
• Re: Emissions testing Failed **%%%##$@!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Mar 1996 01:45:29 -0500
  ...What is the HC level? Was the engine proerly warmed up? Idling engine to warm up will often load up CAT to cause failure...
• Re: Failed emissions testing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:07:06 -0800
  ...bit overfilled as well. > Anyway my numbers were (at idle) > > 270 HC (Max allowed is 220) > 1.43 CO (Max allowed 1) > > Any suggestions...
• Re: Last gasp: low compression exhaust valve can't pass smog
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:51:49 -0700
  ...low compression exhaust valve can't pass smog > Ok, > > So, again trudged to the smog station after various lower cost attempts > (California). > - High HC...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:26:55 -0400
  ...Calif Smog Issues >> >> Hi all: >> >> Took my '82 (Federal) to a Test Only station and failed fairly >> significantly >> in the Hydrocarbons (HC) and Carbon...
• Re: 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon Eats Water Pumps
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Sep 1996 02:07:33 -0400
  ...pressure tester, or have your mechanic check the coolant w/ his HC sniffer. If this is ok I would probably chance it....but other...
• Re: 85 running soooo crappy please help
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 18:40:52 -0700
  ...1 running sooo very rich -CO I think at 12, ...HC's at like 700 or something from running rich.. thinning out my oil...
• Re: propane explosion
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 11 May 2007 07:35:13 -0700
  ...my AC work several years ago I bought a very nice HC detector. >>> Works to find leaks in the propane lines (or gas lines...
• Re: O2 sensors effect on power
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:57:58 -0500
  ...In order to have the available oxygen from the NOx match the needed oxygen for the HC and CO, the mixture must be almost...
• Re: O2 sensors effect on power
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 13:57:58 -0500
  ...In order to have the available oxygen from the NOx match the needed oxygen for the HC and CO, the mixture must be almost...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:38:00 -0400
  ...Took my '82 (Federal) to a Test Only station and failed fairly significantly in the Hydrocarbons (HC) and Carbon Monoxide (CO). I'd installed...
• Re: Which side has internal Head leak...air being blown into cooing system
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 13 Jun 1999 09:26:03 -0700
  ...No combustion, no HC. However I don't rule out leakage from both sides - fix one, the other will start to blow. Do both...
• Emissions and cat life on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paolo Damiani
  Sun, 7 Jun 1998 23:45:26 EDT
  ...I hadn't changed the oil before the inspection and maybe that put it over the edge (CO and HC, I'm not sure...
• Re: Emissions and cat life on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 01:52:45 EDT
  ...I hadn't changed the oil before the inspection and maybe that put it over the edge (CO and HC, I'm not sure...
• Fwd: more mpg and emmison lowers with magnetic fuel saver!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Jun 1997 00:45:23 -0400 (EDT)
  ...before after change HC .430 .328 -24% CO 3.354 1.100 -68% NOx 3.172 2.711 -15% CO2 330.628 299.322...
• Re: Very Basic - Adding Oil?
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:59:43 -0500
  ...bem-stem JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > In a message dated 3/12/03 2:56:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, > hccarter@ATTBI.COM writes...
• Re: Tips on passing emissions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:41:19 -0400
  ...If you do this while connected to an exhaust gas analyzer you will reach a point where both CO and HC will rise and...
• Re: '87 Westy running problems solved-OBD comments
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:31:43 -0800
  ...lean cylinder melting a piston and burning a valve and that lean miss means unburned fuel (excess HC) to destroy the catalytic converter. Dennis
• Re: California Emission Test?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:00:59 -0400
  ...The idle test can be challenged for HC and O2. The Dyno will test the cat for NOx and can also be a problem...
• Fw: Converter and muffler instalation
  Historical mailing list - Jos� Rafael Moscoso
  Fri, 1 Oct 1999 22:57:26 -0400
  ...798-3006; Fax (787) 785-3425; > {http://www.uccaribe.edu} > home: HC-01 Box 29030, PMB 374 > Caguas PR 00725-8900 > Tel: (787) 731...
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:51:56 -0600
  ...on a very > warm engine. It still failed after freeway driving. HC was still > over the max of 220 at 437 PPM versus 469...
• Re: Cell phones
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:50:57 -0800
  ...Rob becidawa@hctc.com At 2/15/2005 04:26 PM, you wrote: >I use AT&T Cellular block time. >I buy $100.00...
• Re: Avoid Freeze 12!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 2 Jul 2006 04:44:49 -0700
  ...the refrigerant itself - but it is a blend (80% > R134, 20% HCFC) and would > contaminate equipment used for strictly R134. > > I am not looking...
• Fuel tanks and caffeine substitues
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Aug 1994 19:37:50 -0400 (EDT)
  ...So, I have found that ephedrine HCL (25 or 50 mgs) is a super OTC remedy for sleepiness. If that is not available, Pseudoephedrine...
• Re: Emissions Failure
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jul 95 9:36:58 MDT
  ...Does it fail on hydrocarbons or CO and NOX as well? If it is HC then it may be the catalytic convertor. If it...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:58:29 -0400
  ...of us though. > I personally don't want to breathe your HC/CO and NOx emissions. > > Every time I see an old muscle car...
• Re: CA SMOG, Fred's Garage, and valves
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:16:02 -0700
  ...In the interest of encouraging Tom to take a better look > at the engine and find the source of the high HC levels, I...
• Re: O2 sensor necessary or jumper the wires on 85 GL 1.9
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:23:04 -0400
  ...mixture it requires to properly balance the three stages of conversion it performs so as to give minimum HC, CO and NOx. Yours, David
• Re: In Search of Diesel Oil Filler Tube
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:21:45 -0600
  ...I saw the aluminum one thatWilliam Pool > > <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005096718507&fref=gs&dti= > 994998943908794&hc_location=group>did > > a...
• Re: using ethanol to pass emissions;
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:57:07 -0400
  ...An emmissions failure for a high level of HC is due to unburned hydrocarbons, which are in any fuel, including ethanol........ BTW, Massachusetts has...
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  Historical mailing list - jbrush
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 21:25:13 -0800
  ...Dju8mPEzu0MZYsY1JJJXUmpn6Fw17fp+N9hH9GtvBL/ZOO/KwfdrU7bX tUU0ZafSrlgeJqaleer1O94i39C4b9uxfsI/o0foXC/t+L9hH9Gme3SjZTy0dK4C7mp1PiLP 0Lhf27F+wj+jR+hcL+3432Ef0aZ7aNtGWjpXAO5qdT4iv9C4b9vxvsI/o0foXDft2N9hH9Gm m2jbRlo6VwDuanU+Ir/QuG/b8b7CP6NH6Fw37fjfYR/Rpnto20ZaOlcA7mp1PiLP0Lhv2/G+ wj+jXn6Fwv7fjfYR/RpptrzbRlo6VwDuanU+Is...
• Suscesful instalation of E-4 replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jos� Rafael Moscoso
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 23:47:26 -0400
  ...798-3006; Fax (787) 785-3425; {http://www.uccaribe.edu} home: HC-01 Box 29030, PMB 374 Caguas PR 00725-8900 Tel: (787) 731...
• Re: 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon Eats Water Pumps
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Sep 1996 20:57:39 -0400
  ...pressure tester, or have your mechanic check the coolant w/ his HC sniffer. If this is ok I would probably chance it....but other...
• Re: Front bench seat? VW thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 11:08:43 -0700
  ...Rob becidawa@hctc.com Now in western Washington, USA
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw - PROBLEM SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:03:58 -0800
  ...Lo and behold, my HC was down to 125 (was 225) and CO was down to 0.09% (was 1.5%). So the leak...
• Leaking Fuel injector acted like bad throttle switch...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:37:08 EST
  ...the source of my high HC emission testing. I checked the exhaust and it smells good now... When I would blip the throttle, the...
• Re: 82 Failed CA Smog Test- help!
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 23:15:05 -0600
  ...you can "fool" the sniffer test by filling up with alcohol, 50/50 with gas will significantly lower your HC outputs, but it will...
• Re: New AC Thing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:41:43 -0400
  ...refrigerants/macssubs.html and the reason given for certain specific disapprovals (HC-12a for example) is flammability. >Good Evening, Indeed...do say hi to...
• Re: Help needed for 88 Cabriolet emissions failure
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:40:06 -0700
  ...We were shocked that it failed. > > The numbers were as follows: > HC ppm - 15 mph - (limit 152) - actual 56 > CO% - 15 mph - (limit .86...
• Re: 2.1 Syncro; Failed Emissions "Say it ain't so Joe:" :o)
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:27:28 +0000
  ...3.3 HC: 788 CO(%): 1.53 FAIL > > > > RPM: 2511 %CO2: 13.5 %O2: 1.6 HC: 203 CO(%): .88 PASS > > > > I've changed...
• Re: What to soak radiator in to dissolve slime
  Historical mailing list - Janne Ruohom�ki
  Tue, 18 May 2010 14:08:01 +0300
  ...5/17/2010, Janne Ruohom�ki wrote: >> >> NaOH, KOH, H2SO4 and HCl are way too strong bases/acids for any metal >> surface in my...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon 2.1L auto: failed DE emission test: CO (high)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 31 May 2023 23:52:46 +0000
  ...karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM> > wrote: > > > > here are the numbers: > > > > low high > > > > HC (ppm) > > > > readings 145 88 > > > > limit 220 220 > > > > result PASS PASS > > > > > > CO (%) > > > > readings...
• Re: SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:08:06 -0500
  ...My 86 GTI with 225k miles passes emissions tests no problem....my 93 EV went thru the state emission test...with 0% HC (std...
• Cat drilling and clean air
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:58:28 EDT
  << I was talking to a auto parts shops owner <<<SNIP>>>He suggested drilling a hole through the cat (catalytic converter, sic), through the hcomb...
• Euro-Drive: 85 Volkswagen Vanagon, Hesitation/Low power
  Historical mailing list - "Robert Grove (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 22:07:10 -0400
  ...TEST AND REPAIR DATA ___________________ EXHAUST GAS READINGS (Idle) CO = 2.0% HC = 110 ppm RELATED REPAIR HISTORY Recently rebuilt engine, has rebuilt airflow meter...
• Re: You won't believe this one!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:38:40 -0500
  ...to conduct a test on >it, and therefore, neither passes nor flunks, just is in limbo. >No CO's no HC's, just too...
• Re: 86 digifant running rich
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 01:02:32 -0700
  ...By the way, HOW high are CO readings? Where is HC in all this? What's the German smog check? Are you in Germany...
• Re: emissions inspection failed on 83
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:43:18 -0600
  ...Can anyone > recommend a place in/near Durham, NC? > > Here are my emissions results: > > Test Reading Standard > HC (ppm) 406 220 > CO (%) 6.09...
• Oxygen sensors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:22:31 -0400
  ...For the CO and HC it also does not have the benefit of air injection reaction in the exhaust. Proper combustion and cat is...
• Re: review: reno area van shop for those desert breakdowns
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:51:58 -0700
  ...I'm not sure what the real implications of that are, but I feel HC is important to be know.) > > Well, after thinking about...
• Re: Hot oil -- good idea to change, I reckon
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 6 Sep 2011 06:26:49 -0700
  ...climbs..or 'HC' in a bicycle Grand Tour....those are climbs with long sections that are around 20%. A 20% climb is rarely encountered...
• Re: California catalytic converter needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:32:51 -0400
  The combination of NOx, CO, and HC tells me the cat is gone. The next question is why? The high NOx also tells me...
• Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:48:22 -0400
  ...The HC on its own is inconclusive. With the very limited evidence, here are a couple of possible leads to check. 1.. Bad O2...
• Re: California Emission Test?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:52:39 -0400
  O2 is a mixture issue. HC is fuel that never burned. NOX is the result of too much heat and pressure and reduction equipment...