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• Re: Head leak
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 13:54:33 -0500
  ...be > done? I have no coolant in the oil and no hydrocarbons in the coolant and > no apparent loss of performance. Hmm. . . > > Brendan > 84...
• Re: Platinum Vapour Injection for fuel savings etc.?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 19:36:05 -0700
  ...As the temperature of the flame drops, fewer hydrocarbons (HC) crack, raising the amount of unburned HC in the exhaust gases and obviously not...
• Re: Emmissions help.
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 15:01:59 -0700
  Jamie Smith wrote: > > Hi all, > > My '86 Westfalia has failed the CT emmisissions test (for high hydrocarbons and > CO), and the VW service station...
• Re: compression data
  Historical mailing list - lumpy
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 08:30:13 +0000
  ...It still ran ok, but I had trouble passing emissions (high hydrocarbons). Then last year (at 125kmiles) it dropped to ~50psi; still ran reasonably...
• O2 senor operation!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 May 2012 16:53:23 -0400
  ...The 3 way catalytic converter is so named as it is designed to reduce hydrocarbons, (HC), carbon monoxide,(CO) and oxides of nitrogen, (NOx...
• Re: Hydrogen power for the Vanagon Now!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:29:10 -0700
  ...to turn CO2 emissions (from coal plants and the like) into hydrocarbons using a process that mimics that found in plants. That'd be...
• Oxy Sensor/smog trouble question, 87 Syncro, California
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 11:22:01 -0700
  ...the oxy sensor on my 87 syncro and then gave up. Hydrocarbons are at 4000 he says. I picked it up Friday night and...
• Who can we believe nowadays? emission testing problems
  Historical mailing list - Geoff Wilke
  Thu, 17 May 2001 20:10:58 -0700
  ...Time for the test again well I failed the hydrocarbons part of the test, passed the rest. Yeah...I can expect to get face...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 20:17:46 -0400
  ...stoich, which is what the three-way (nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons --> nitrogen, CO2, water) CAT requires. It prevents tuning the motor for either...
• Anyone else have this problem (CO too high)?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 10:27:16 -0600 (MDT)
  ...BTW, hydrocarbons are in spec, if that makes any sense. I don't have a CO/oxygen sensor to use to figure out the...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:51:39 -0800
  ...well -- and the water dripping from your tailpipe -- gasoline is also hydrocarbons, and so produces lots of water when burned. In your camper, the...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:58:19 -0800
  I would recommend taking to a shop with a exhaust gas analyzer and sniff the coolant tank for hydrocarbons which is tell tale sign...
• Vanagon Purchase
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 20:08:40 EST
  ...I was given the latest inspection report (hydrocarbons- a result of 27 PPM with an applicable standard of 220 PPM, carbon monoxide -- a result...
• Re: clean deisels?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 20:29:51 +1200
  ...Apart from being basically carbon (read soot), they contain unburned or parially-burned hydrocarbons some of which which are carcinogenic. The soot is messy...
• Re: Power Balance Test ?
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Tue, 10 Dec 1996 21:11:44 -0700
  ...high Hydrocarbons (pre-cat > converter), so they performed a "power balance test". I missed the gist of > what the tech was explaining, but did...
• Re: OIL, What do you use?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 19:49:04 -0500
  ...in high shear situations, but that > they "load up" with unburned hydrocarbons, soot, etc. just as much as dino > oils, and this is the...
• Fw: Re: Emission Failure - Excess Hydrocarbons - Oxygen Sensor? (
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 23:19:56 EDT
  Change oil Make sure the engine is HOT- drive for @30 minutes BEFORE the test. Check timing Check cap rotor Check wires Check the...
• Re: new emissions methods in UT/I passed, YEA!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 May 1999 19:37:23 EDT
  ...It failed the first time (for hydrocarbons) but it was time for an oil change anyway so he changed the oil, added a 1...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:50:02 -0500
  ...Being allowed some 200ppm of unburned hydrocarbons at idle is still a bad deal. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: oops! Move decimal
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Sun, 27 Feb 2000 00:10:24 -0700
  ...That means they emit at least 45% less hydrocarbons than the government requires. I don't own either vehicle, but I recognize their strengths...
• Re: Head leak
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 19:33:45 -0400
  ...be >done? I have no coolant in the oil and no hydrocarbons in the coolant and >no apparent loss of performance. Hmm. . . > >Brendan >84...
• Re: Wood burning bus
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 18:25:24 -0500
  ...carbon monoxide and 2/3 nitrogen, with some hydrogen plus whatever hydrocarbons distill off the wood directly. Pretty bad fuel with all that nitrogen...
• Re: See two aitch five oh aitch and Water
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 May 2007 02:40:05 -0500
  ...OH. > > Remembering my organic chemistry a bit, the energy from burning hydrocarbons > comes from breaking the C-H bonds. The larger the number of...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters, Combustion Products Thereof
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 00:22:46 -0800
  ...Syncro Lake Tahoe ---------- Malcolm is right about the combustion products from hydrocarbons being PRIMARILY carbon dioxide and water (thus the condensation). Carbon MONoxide - CO...
• Re: Broke down in Omaha
  Historical mailing list - Kragen Sitaker
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:52:17 -0400
  ...Is ignition timing advanced too much? Well, the exhaust smells like unburned hydrocarbons, and I imagine it wouldn't smell like that if it...
• Re: '87 Failed emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:09:53 -0800
  ...COM > Hey all, > > > > My '87 GL failed its emission test today. Hydrocarbons were more than > double the max and CO was about 1.25...
• Re: Missing Exhaust bolts
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 18:50:43 EST
  ...At this point it can react with hydrocarbons (modest rates) and water (high rates) leading to hydrogen embrittlement. This is the internal failure mode...
• I4 emission issues
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 19:54:40 -0700
  ...first test failed on excess CO at idle; all emissions(Hydrocarbons, NOx CO ) were significantly higher than the previous year. replaced plugs rotor cap...
• Re: Smog test failed - here is my plan
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:11:51 -0400
  Actually high hydrocarbons does not mean it is running rich at all. That would show up as excessive CO. High HC is the result...
• For Sale Eberspacher BN-6
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:17:48 -0600
  ...Picture at= http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/heater1.htm Everything works fine on it but he had to tune it with an LP hydrocarbons...
• Re: Propane fired airconditioning
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:39:24 -0700
  ...http://www.vasa.org.au/pdf/memberlibrary/hydrocarbons/maclaine-cross.pdf It may not affect your thinking about hydrocarbon refrigerants but you have to...
• Re: Emissions failure Nox
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:13:30 -0400
  ...It passed on hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide by a wide margin. There is only one VW specialist in the Phoenix area that I know...
• Re: waxoyl vs. LPS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 02 Dec 1994 01:04:50 -0500 (EST)
  ...Aliphatic hydrocarbons Basic for you maybe... just so much gobbledegook to me.. > could mean lotsa stuff, but here they probably mean a mixture of...
• Re: My toughest Vanagon problem yet finally solved!
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:01:45 -0800
  ...at idle made it difficult to pass emissions due to high > hydrocarbons. I've tried everything to solve this, which is typically > caused by...
• Re: Bad Gas Saga Update
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:46:29 -0400
  Hi Pete, I suspect the blobs in the gas may have been microbes feeding on the hydrocarbons in the fuel. They are mentioned in...
• Re: Failed Smog Test
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sat, 23 Jan 1999 09:41:53 -0600
  ...2.21 pct vice the standard of 1.2 pct, and Hydrocarbons of 276 PPM, vice the > standard of 220 PPM. > > The engine had...
• Emissions Testing, passed! (third time's a charm)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 19:44:08 EDT
  ...Reading Standard Hydrocarbons (ppm) 266 ppm 220ppm Carbon monoxide(%) 0.40 1.2 Carbon dioxide(%) 11.8 Engine RPM at reading 894 -------------------------------------------------------- Where upon...
• Re: My 85 just passed Maryland emissions inspection
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 17:13:09 -0700
  ...It must have been those new Bus Depot plug wires that fooled them. >> >> If anyone is interested, the results were as follows:Hydrocarbons- .4602...
• Re: Aircooleds and Airplanes
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Prichard
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 16:59:23 -0400 (EDT)
  ...one solution is to enrichen the mixture... > > .It seems that unburned hydrocarbons take heat away with them as they > are exhausted out the manifolds...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Cavanaugh
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 15:05:57 -0400
  ...engine was both hot and >> cold) for traces of combustion leakage (hydrocarbons in the cooling >> system) and found nothing. >> >> He also found no excessive...
• Re: Greetings/my Van/'87 coolant
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 15 May 2004 09:33:21 -0700
  ...everything checks, then have the coolant tested for the presence of hydrocarbons to see if a head gasket might be the problem. Anyway, enjoy...
• Cal smog, Mexico City, catalysts
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 08:58:46 -0700
  ...Could the 71's limits really have been 700ppm unburned hydrocarbons and 6% carbon monoxide? I think so, and my 914 ran within 10...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:33:58 -0500
  ...and before anyone spouts off about that wonderful hydrogen technology, remember that the current technology for manufacturing hydrogen is to crack hydrocarbons... that's...
• Re: Let's not make vented catalytic heaters
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 11:24:26 -0600
  ...be. > > If you still want the heat, why not leave the hydrocarbons outside > by using > one of those miniature Honda generators and dedicate it...
• Re: got to get ready for emission testing
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:41:45 -0500
  ...DON'T change the oil before going to the test, my Hydrocarbons > (HC) are too high. I make it a point to change the...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:34:29 -0800
  ...remember that the current technology for manufacturing hydrogen is to crack >hydrocarbons... that's right, they still run (indirectly) on crude. >http://www.engr...
• Re: different expansion tank question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:59:57 -0600
  ...They will be able to detect hydrocarbons from fuel in the coolant. Good Luck! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver 88 Volksiebus Marty Kulmus wrote...
• Re: emissions inspection failure(Utah)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 15:22:52 -0600
  ...He was able to get the CO down fine, but the Hydrocarbons don't > seem to drop, especially at 2500 rpms (part of the...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - kelian
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 19:32:38 +1000
  ...engine was both hot and > cold) for traces of combustion leakage (hydrocarbons in the cooling > system) and found nothing. > > He also found no excessive...
• Re: Re; Solar power your VW
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Baskin
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 21:22:39 -0500
  Well, Larry, I suppose my counterculture is showing -- using photovoltaics allows one to avoid burning hydrocarbons and thus trashing the planet more than it...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:54:24 -0400
  ...basestock, typically built up from ethylene gas as a source of hydrocarbons) to use the much cheaper Group III. They did so without notice...
• Re: compression ratios for '87 WBX
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 13:30:40 -0700
  ...a > local emissions-o-matic joint and it failed with high hydrocarbons > (337 vs max allowable of 220) at idle. CO is fairly high...
• Re: Distributors
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lamoreaux
  Tue, 28 Feb 1995 22:39:55 +0000
  ...This retards the spark so that the combustion is more consistent at idle, producing fewer unburned hydrocarbons so you can "pass the gas" test...
• Re: Excessive Hydrocarbons
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Sep 1995 13:40:54 -0400
  In a message dated 95-09-24 12:24:43 EDT, martino@earthlink.net writes: >>only thing I can think of is to smear...
• Re: Head leak
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 19:39:58 -0400
  ...be >> done? I have no coolant in the oil and no hydrocarbons in the coolant and >> no apparent loss of performance. Hmm. . . >> >> Brendan >> 84...
• Re: Increase in performance??
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Wed, 11 Dec 1996 12:55:28 -0500 (EST)
  ...pulling soem of the crap out of the fuel, and two, the e-mag fields do something to align the hydrocarbons, but it only...
• My toughest Vanagon problem yet finally solved!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:15:24 -0800
  ...at idle made it difficult to pass emissions due to high hydrocarbons. I've tried everything to solve this, which is typically caused by...
• Re: Emissions Testing, passed! (third time's a charm)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 23:01:23 -0400
  ...I did > not use any stop-gap solutions but strove to pass legally. > ------------------------------------------------------- > First testing: > Reading Standard > Hydrocarbons (ppm) 266 ppm 220ppm > Carbon monoxide...
• Re: Propane fired airconditioning
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:45:40 -0700
  ...http://www.vasa.org.au/pdf/memberlibrary/hydrocarbons/maclaine-cross.pdf It may not affect your thinking about hydrocarbon refrigerants but you have to...
• Continuing Cold Stall Problem - HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:18:46 -0700
  ...Obviously the 87 is running rich at cold start...I can see the black smoke...I can smell the excess hydrocarbons....and the engine...