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  • Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
    Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
    Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:53:45 -0800
    ...First, I am failing smog test for slightly high HC (300) and CO (1.45) so that is the impetus for messing with things...
  • Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:40:10 -0500
    ...with no cat it will easily pass smog Co 1.67 Hc 141 at a hot idle. The main problem with going to a...
  • Re: Refrigerant Regulatory Crap!! (long)
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 18 Jun 2003 22:39:26 -0400
    ...OZ-12, HC-12a and Duracool 12a are illegal for all uses *except* industrial process refrigeration. > when the EPA website lists them and tells...
  • Re: California Inspection: Day 4
    Historical mailing list - Johnny DeVilla
    Thu, 9 Oct 2003 22:47:11 -0700
    ...Well, do you want to run the test > for > real now? he asks. > > Sure. > SMOG test numbers: > > HC (PPM) > 15 mph - 119 (max 129...
  • Re: VW Audi "Fix It" Projects? HUGE Pre-Labor Day Sale!
    Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
    Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:22:31 -0400
    ...Hurry, offer ends 9/3/2015! | >> >> >> | • SHOP Control Arm Kits | >> >> | >> | | >> | >> | BLAU HCC Rotor and SS Pad Change Kits >> Enter Coupon Code LABOR2015 Hurry, offer...
  • Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
    Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
    Mon, 26 Aug 2002 20:53:41 -0400
    ...with no cat it will easily pass smog Co 1.67 Hc 141 at a hot idle. The main problem with going to a...
  • Re: One Time Coolant Leak
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Mon, 1 Oct 2012 18:10:19 -0700
    ...Any HC sniffed. . . well, you know the drill. Good luck! Stuart, BTDT -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
  • FIRST ANNUAL *MIDDLE OF NOWHERE* WESTY GET-TOGETHER ** Sept. 5-7 ** Frenchglen, Oregon ** (7th post)
    Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
    Wed, 19 Aug 1998 11:02:20 -0700
    ...http://www.oregon1.org/harney/HCLODGE.HTM Other area camping information: http://www.oregon1.org/harney/CAMPING.HTM Let me know if you are...
  • Re: Cooling system woes (again, again, again-again)
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sat, 21 Jul 2001 09:29:59 -0700
    ...If HC present, you've got a problem. To determine the exact location of that problem, you need to do a cylinder leakage test...
  • Re: Refrigerant Regulatory Crap!! (long)
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:46:22 -0500
    ...OZ-12, HC-12a and Duracool 12a are illegal for all uses *except* > industrial process refrigeration. > >> when the EPA website lists them and tells...
  • Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
    Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
    Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:14:04 -0800
    ...BTW, I still failed the smog test although the HC almost passed this time. No significant change to the CO reading. All of this...
  • MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WESTY GET-TOGETHER * Sept. 5-7 * Frenchglen, Oregon
    Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
    Tue, 18 Aug 1998 12:08:06 -0700
    ...http://www.oregon1.org/harney/HCLODGE.HTM Other area camping information: http://www.oregon1.org/harney/CAMPING.HTM Let me know if you are...
  • Re: AC compressor Gurus needed!!!
    Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
    Mon, 24 Feb 2003 11:02:23 -0800
    ...However, R-12 and HCFC-134a systems use miscible oils that combine with the gas and get entrained throughout the whole system to lube...
  • Re: Vanagon a/c
    Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
    Mon, 23 May 2011 15:41:25 -0700
    ...Then you will need the proper amount of HC-134 (it will take the same amount as 12). Lastly you will need to change...
  • Re: Tips on passing emissions
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:59:03 -0700
    ...the proper voltage at the O2 sensor, I > always failed on HC, and he did two things. First he cranked up the idle to...
  • Re: Inspection followup
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Tue, 12 Oct 1999 08:09:40 -0400
    ...Got my CO down to 80 ppm, (120 is the limit), and the HC down to 150; both started around 300+. Yeah! Charged me...
  • DJ-code WBX technical specs
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:36:40 -0500
    ...2 +/- .5 % volume HC content @ idle: 300 ppm Service checks and adjustments spark plugs: Bosch W5DCO / W7CCO electrode gap: .7mm valve clearance: hydraulic compression...
  • Re: hitch options
    Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
    Tue, 3 Jul 2018 12:00:59 -0400
    ...data=02%7C01%7C% > 7C00a17306c93a40755b4b08d5e0f849c0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaa > aaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636662279347990929&sdata=hcWSMVLQ7P5ygbe9BToDQXnFx8r7q% > 2BFNEhu%2FvAAfjLI%3D&reserved=0) fully loaded with no problems. > > > > I replaced...
  • burned valves or bad lifter? How to tell?
    Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
    Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:04:31 -0700
    ...use it. Here's where I am now. Problem: pulsing exhaust. HC levels measured as pulsing up abnormally high. Tests done with professional emissions...
  • Re: ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:11:49 -0800
    ...testing on my 86 2.1L and I am failing for HC and CO. > So > I am looking closely at the O2 sensor which...
  • Re: Coolant Strangeness
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:20:48 -0500
    ...If there are excessive HC's there ....it's a > combustion > > gases getting into the coolant issue. > > It should not do what you are...
  • Vallejo
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 22 Jun 1996 23:09:32 -0700 (PDT)
    ...Whacked bus, a 1776 with all stock smog stuff, timed at 5 ATDC, was 49 parts where 700 are allowed (HC), and .44% CO...
  • Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:14:31 -0400
    ...If everything is running right the cat should have very little to do to reduce CO and HC but is really needed to reduce...
  • Re: prescription drugs, side effects, tach conversions, CARB/BAR
    Historical mailing list - pensioner
    Fri, 19 Oct 2001 08:28:59 -0700
    ...The O2 was very high when I measured the CO,CO2,NOx,O2,HC on a dyno using the CARB test environment and the...
  • Re: VW Audi "Fix It" Projects? HUGE Pre-Labor Day Sale!
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:53:33 -0700
    ...Hurry, offer ends 9/3/2015! | > >> > >> > >> | • SHOP Control Arm Kits | > >> > >> | > >> | | > >> | > >> | BLAU HCC Rotor and SS Pad Change Kits > >> Enter Coupon Code LABOR2015 Hurry, offer...
  • Air Flow Meter/'81 Van/Failed smog
    Historical mailing list - Beth Young
    Sat, 21 Dec 1996 16:15:13 -0800 (PST)
    ...And it failed again!! As before, idle CO was OK, idle HC was a bit too high. This tech said that I had a...
  • Re: smog failed 85gl
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:19:21 -0500
    ...Everything 81 and later has controls for mixture,(CO, the O2 sensor, Cat), NOX, ( O2 sensor and catalyst) and HC, (Cat, fuel vapor recovery...
  • Re: Calif Smog Issues
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:20:39 -0400
    ...If all is really running as it should, the HC and CO should be close to 0. Also, note that with this 82 being...
  • Re: NOx high
    Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
    Fri, 9 Sep 2005 12:05:34 -0700
    ...other and watch > what happens to your readings for nox and hc. When timing is right both will > be at a good pass reading...
  • Re: Coolant Strangeness
    Historical mailing list - Marc Hoelscher
    Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:24:48 -0700
    ...If there are excessive HC's there ....it's a > combustion > gases getting into the coolant issue. > It should not do what you are...
  • *MIDDLE OF NOWHERE* WESTY GET-TOGETHER ** Sept. 5-7 ** Frenchglen, Oregon ** (fwd)
    Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
    Thu, 20 Aug 1998 17:32:20 -0500
    ...http://www.oregon1.org/harney/HCLODGE.HTM Other area camping information: http://www.oregon1.org/harney/CAMPING.HTM Let me know if you are...
  • Re: Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing? /NO Emissions Question
    Historical mailing list - Sean B.
    Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:09:21 -0800
    ...much better > HC, CO2 etc. were all well within limits at both speeds. > > ++++++ Does anyone know what the high NO value means? ++++++ > > (I asked...
  • Re: 1981 flooding issue
    Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
    Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:36:07 -0700
    ...Although it was reading high on the HCs a month ago. So maybe it is adjusted to high. Is it possible for me to...
  • Update on Waterboxer vs Transplant Power Options
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Mon, 4 Jun 2001 07:30:29 -0800
    ...Another hype was the "Super clean" emissions at 4 ppm HC. With a cat this should be zero, recently Steve Blackham reported a non...
  • Re: 060412 AFM question
    Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
    Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:37:42 -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...
  • MIDDLE OF NOWHERE GET TOGETHER * LABOR DAY WEEKEND * FRENCHGLEN, OREGON
    Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
    Sun, 30 Aug 1998 18:01:02 -0700
    ...http://www.oregon1.org/harney/HCLODGE.HTM Other area camping information: http://www.oregon1.org/harney/CAMPING.HTM Let me know if you are...
  • MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WESTY GET-TOGETHER * Sept. 5-7 * Frenchglen, Oregon (version #3)
    Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
    Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:49:13 -0700
    ...http://www.oregon1.org/harney/HCLODGE.HTM Other area camping information: http://www.oregon1.org/harney/CAMPING.HTM Let me know if you are...
  • Re: Increasing horsepower -- and optimum consumption
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Mon, 21 Oct 2002 23:28:07 +0100
    ...Coast Guard Winged Maggots do the same with te > HC-130. > > Chuck > '85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the road Buffalo' > > on 10/19/02 8...
  • Re: Air Conditioner Question
    Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
    Thu, 21 Feb 2002 20:47:36 -0900
    ...These are refrigerant blends (largely R-22, an HCFC, more environmentally benign than R-12, a CFC), and like all azeotropic blends, are prone...
  • Re: Coolant Strangeness
    Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
    Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:15:58 -0700
    ...If there are excessive HC's there ....it's a combustion > gases getting into the coolant issue. >� It should not do what you are...
  • Re: VW van count
    Historical mailing list - John Harvey
    Tue, 10 Aug 2004 08:57:38 -0700
    ...on the round >>>> trip. >>>> 9 VW's & 1 Eurovan. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Rob >>>> >>>> becidawa@hctc.com >>>> Now in western Washington, USA >>>> ps/ FWIW saw 57 Subarus & 5...
  • Re: Missing Posts
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
    Thu, 2 Jan 2020 17:18:31 -0500
    ...0A3ejxZgWwk93ndsI7H0Z.Om5KAyUKMkEGs0G9h4kgegIs3uEb8WU > 1LaP34YsCjTSriJq34jkDerwuMrhEU_BHGfKgiSzcD0E0zID5kO0KbCVe_ho > 8IwyF9izXcF3DRvBAxFLCnavBk1ZWnVtS3v_q2dlAXy18BrOeCiW08bBndpB > a3.G9ptQCHTawwnUwEDrFtIPNQLTJb6V_2t7nTxN5yy3cuoiFL69aN8Sd9tE > raeUZmZnm7fwZNxiYkHNoNfLnPqozjy5Olc3s7KalHn4onFGSSKoKYbf0lpl > HcOMMhaNkH7o0.XwSIzC375ehk.SqLEDg77v7WKRlzIpXqj5Nduo5OxGXhrY > 884ADmuew6vacbu6W1Od_rMow8lbOsbPkbxLEIftFUPddfBN_EShrYiXGn62 > Ii6vG5C0ej_AIA.TR7wCjyoHJDSY5sBjDBZFiqV33_.R2fBkvjuGIoiKdsWV > YN0qOQmNmfu2m_JY.pe2bI9tlxdGsJczRQ4ZE...
  • Re: WOOHOO! Passed Emissions!
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 6 Nov 2007 23:48:24 -0500
    ...Limit Reading :::Limit Reading :::HC ppm 155 44 :::151 45 :::CO% 1.31 0.06 :::1.68 0.07 :::NO ppm 2167 1634 :::2014...
  • Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:14:37 -0800
    ...2 +/- .5 % volume > HC content @ idle: 300 ppm > > Service checks and adjustments > > spark plugs: Bosch W5DCO / W7CCO > electrode gap: .7mm > valve clearance: hydraulic > compression...
  • Re: [WetWesties] Towing, AAA, and big rigs
    Historical mailing list - David Hally
    Tue, 8 Jan 2008 17:46:32 -0800
    ...Why? Because most (but not all*) Westys in Oregon are > > > registered > > > as "Motorhomes" (HC Plates). And, for AAA to provide services for > "HC" > > > plates...
  • Re: 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon Eats Water Pumps
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 5 Sep 1996 11:59:12 -0400
    ...hot.OK the van spews out a tad more co% and HC, but no less than any car of the late 70s-80s, considering...
  • Re: You won't believe this one!!
    Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
    Thu, 21 Jun 2001 12:40:19 -0400
    ...No CO's no HC's, just too slow. Never, in my life have I ever heard of such a thing, and left this...
  • Re: What are my best PC GPS options?
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:02:31 -0800
    ...On 1/16/08, Benny boy <huotb@videotron.ca> wrote: > Hi, I use a Garmin Etrex HCX Color and Garmin Mapsource (MetroGuide Canada > and...
  • Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
    Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
    Sat, 3 Aug 2013 12:39:06 -0700
    ...http://urlzr.mp/hcb >"an appliance cycling on/off (like a fridge) may confuse or mess up >the automatic or intelligent aspect of an...
  • Re: Update on Waterboxer vs Transplant Power Options
    Historical mailing list - John Pronk
    Mon, 4 Jun 2001 21:02:19 -0000
    ...With a cat > this should be zero, recently Steve Blackham reported a non cat emission > result of hc in the 30 ppm on his...
  • Re: Bosch and Hella H4 Lights - Group Purchace (All Model Years)
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sat, 13 Nov 1999 08:44:20 -0800
    ...LO and two >weather boots, all for $89.99 CDN - code HCK7 >Fits beautifully into your original buckets. >- No affiliation with Canadian Tire - > >Ken...
  • Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
    Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
    Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:32:49 -0800
    ...2 +/- .5 % volume HC content @ idle: 300 ppm Service checks and adjustments spark plugs: Bosch W5DCO / W7CCO electrode gap: .7mm valve clearance: hydraulic compression...
  • Re: VW Audi "Fix It" Projects? HUGE Pre-Labor Day Sale!
    Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
    Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:57:06 -0700
    ...Hurry, offer ends 9/3/2015! | >> >> >> >> >> >> | • SHOP Control Arm Kits | >> >> >> >> | >> >> | | >> >> | >> >> | BLAU HCC Rotor and SS Pad Change Kits >> >> Enter Coupon Code LABOR2015 Hurry, offer...
  • Excessive Hydrocarbons
    Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
    Sat, 23 Sep 1995 23:10:36 -0700 (PDT)
    ...paid to have it hooked up to the fancy smog machine. HC emissions were running 650-700 where the legal limit is 350. The...
  • Not passing smog, still... Need help!
    Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
    Tue, 20 Aug 2002 16:59:01 -0700
    ...The smog is failing the idle test with HC running between 220-280 (150 max). If I adjust the CO screw, it corrects the...
  • Re: Engine conversions (Was: I've seen the Tii conversion completed
    Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
    Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:06:49 -0700
    ...Without an o2 sensor, you're going to be dumping a lot of extra HC and CO for the catalytic converter to break down...
  • Re: MIDDLE OF NOWHERE GET TOGETHER * LABOR DAY WEEKEND * FRENCHGLEN,OREGON
    Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
    Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:16:26 -0500
    ...Also, there is lodging in Burns: > http://www.oregon1.org/harney/HCLODGE.HTM > > Other area camping information: > http://www.oregon1.org/harney/CAMPING.HTM...
  • Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
    Historical mailing list - jon
    Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:59:04 -0800
    ...I have always noticed a stuttering in wet weather, although not > nearly this bad. > > BTW, I still failed the smog test although the HC...
  • Re: Steering. Re: P 48.14 Measurement "a"
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 3 Feb 2013 14:42:54 -0800
    ...https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-t5I6LkrwyGc/UQ7lBKoWuCI/AAAAAAAAGx0/7Dfo3-hCzTQ/s576/Whadda%2520Geek%2521.jpg Neil. On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 11:31 AM...
  • Re: 84 1.9 lifter collapse & CA smog - HC's issue (sorry it's so long)
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:35:06 -0700
    --snip-- >P.S. every time I work on this thing I think "What a POS I'm going to sell it as soon as...