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• Re: Water to Fuel device - New - Really Works!!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 16:29:49 -0700
  ...It does, however, mix well with liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons ( e.g. gasoline) and significantly boosts THEIR thermal expansion upon ignition. Also, it causes...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:12:18 -0500
  ...With no sensor connected, the ECU will make the system run rather rich and the unburned hydrocarbons in the exhaust cause the O2 sensor...
• Re: Smog test failed - here is my plan
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:39:57 -0700
  ...Smog test failed - here is my plan Actually high hydrocarbons does not mean it is running rich at all. That would show up as...
• Re: AC convert
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:09:18 -0700
  ...t that mean that HFC-134a is more flammable than these hydrocarbons? According to both Underwriters Laboratories and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 19:16:34 -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: gutted Catalyctic
  Historical mailing list - margie reyes
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:35:12 +0100
  ...Although vanagons do have a high hydrocarbons at IDLE before the CAT in which the CAT will reduce. I do have more power with...
• Re: Turn Your Car Into a Plug-In Hybrid
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:06:29 -0600
  ...Same with other hydrocarbons. Only COAL is fossil. And don't argue with me, I'm a paleontologist. :-) -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand Fossil...
• Re: Emissions test failure
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:57:01 -0700
  ...Results were Hydrocarbons (HO) grams/mile .75 limit 1.60 (passed), CO grams/mile 25.73 limit 15 (failed), NOX grams/mile 2.91...
• Re: acetone
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 10:01:42 -0700
  ...Organic refers to compounds containing carbon, both gasoline, a mixture of aliphatic hydrocarbons (just a chain of carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms "stuck on...
• Re: HELP HC to High at idle 525ppm should be about 70ppm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:25:38 -0700
  Excessive Hydrocarbons are usually caused by the following: Incorrect fuel mixture, too rich is obvious, too lean causes a condition known as a lean...
• O2 sensor clarications
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 13:38:21 -0700
  ...One of the catalytic convertors primary functions is to burn any remaining fuel or Hydrocarbons, but too much unburned fuel will melt a catalytic...
• Re: Fuel injection diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 10:52:02 -0500
  ...It didn't pass emissions testing right off this year. > Hydrocarbons were just a little over the limit at idle, but everthing was > fine...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:57:41 -0800
  ...the CO2. > > The catalyst functions to adjust the small amounts of hydrocarbons > (burn > them to H2O and CO2), nitrogen oxides (reduce them to nitrogen...
• Re: '87 Coolant Woes
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 24 Feb 2000 19:16:51 EST
  ...Take it to you friendly local mechanic with an exhaust analyzer and have him "sniff" the overflow tank with his wand for hydrocarbons. The...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Cavanaugh
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 19:13:10 -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: changing to synthetic oil - was STUPID QUESTION?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:46:23 -0700
  ...oil in by virtue of waxy deposits formed from the dissolved hydrocarbons present in dino oil, then yeah, best not to go synthetic. Why...
• Re: Continuing Cold Stall Problem - HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 11:21:21 -0400
  ...I can >see the black >smoke...I can smell the excess hydrocarbons....and the >engine runs >rough >off idle until the plugs burn clean...
• Re: oil light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Chris brown
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 21:35:12 EST
  ...he tested the oil (he has all sorts of cool equipment) and found it to be heavily contaminated with hydrocarbons. He assumed that the...
• Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Fri, 5 Apr 2013 20:13:17 -0700
  ...A 5 > second spray into the pump intake while running it off battery should > do it, and no worries about leaking stinky hydrocarbons all...
• Emmissions help
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 10:38:28 -0700
  ...In WA they check CO and Hydrocarbons at idle and under load. My old Mazda truck was failing the CO under load part of...
• RE: Emissions Problems
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 20 Mar 97 04:47:14 UT
  ...Did you originally fail on Hydrocarbons or CO? CO is mixture related, HC is ignition or valve problem. Lean Miss-fire will also cause...
• Re: Wheres Waldo (EGR or no EGR)
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:23:04 -0800
  ...The exaust gas contains combustable hydrocarbons that weren't combusted the first time through the combustion chamber. When this extra "fuel" is not present...
• Re: acetone
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 14:02:35 -0400
  ...thus acetone is quite miscible in water. > > > Organic refers to compounds containing carbon, both gasoline, a > mixture of aliphatic hydrocarbons (just a chain of...
• EGR Purpose in Life
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 06:06:08 -0500
  ...Nitrogen Oxide and Unburned Hydrocarbons are the primary source= of ground level Ozone and Smog. The primary methods used to reduce th= e Nitrogen...
• Re: Emptying propane tank?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Tue, 29 May 2007 21:08:24 -0500
  ...If it feels slightly wrong to do that to innocent hydrocarbons, you could use it at home as a "pre-cooler" for warm stuff...
• 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...
• Carbon Monoxide Test Colman Cat heater
  Historical mailing list - Christensen
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 22:34:20 -0500
  ...The 900 ppm is most likely from hydrocarbons and not actual CO. Inside temp may have also been affected by the heat sink of...
• Re: Smoker's Car: Fix using Ozone
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:20:30 -0400
  ...The free oxygen > oxidizes (go figure) the nasty smelly > hydrocarbons in the air. > > Don't breathe ozone, though. Bad for > the lungs. > > I have...
• Re: Emissioins test failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:06:08 -0400
  ...Results were Hydrocarbons (HO) grams/mile .75 limit 1.60 (passed), CO grams/mile 25.73 limit 15 (failed), NOX grams/mile 2.91...
• Re: fuel tank sizes
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:42:36 EDT
  ...Unburned hydrocarbons (like unburned, evapoating fuel) are a cheif componant of smog, and cause all sorts of nasty problems in the air. Perhaps one...
• 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...
• Re: Water to Fuel device - New - Really Works!!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:53:28 -0700
  ...It does, however, mix well with liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons ( e.g. gasoline) and significantly boosts THEIR thermal expansion upon ignition. Also, it causes...
• Hello, new here. Mechanic question
  Historical mailing list - Art Jury
  Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:40:53 -0800
  ...Actually the second test at the smog place was worse than the first (hydrocarbons allowable 400, first time 434 second time 535). Instrestingly the...
• Re: Sick of overheating....Friday question and comment....
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sat, 12 Dec 2015 08:49:25 -0800
  ...A sniff test on the pressure bottle my not reveal hydrocarbons i the coolant. I've seen the sumptom so bad it puffed up...
• Re: What to soak radiator in to dissolve slime
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Sat, 15 May 2010 18:10:52 -0700
  ...I use them now that I am becoming an old-fart and sensitive to many organic hydrocarbons. Hey Zoltan... you still following this thread...
• Re: Increase in performance??
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Wed, 11 Dec 1996 23:16:16 -0500 (EST)
  ...magnets, provide a charge to the gas, which then shifts its hydrocarbons around, into a smoother form, that supposedly ionizes better.. now...dont forget...
• Re: Emmissions help.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 01:47:15 UT
  ...Jamie Smith wrote: > > Hi all, > > My '86 Westfalia has failed the CT emmisissions test (for high hydrocarbons and > CO), and the VW service station...
• how to identify bad lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:19:52 -0700
  ...watercooled vanagon is pulsing and there is a slight ticking sound. hydrocarbons on one of the cylinders is way up, but a new catalytic...
• Re: NVC Cleaning them hands up!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:22:12 -0600
  ...automotive and fish cleaning work > as they > are more resistant to hydrocarbons as well as cod liver oil as > compared to > real surgical gloves...
• Re: Manifold measuring - is this right?
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:50:47 -0700
  ...Have sprayed various hydrocarbons like carb cleaner and propane on and around any place where a leak could live and nothing has any effect...
• Re: Maximum engine power and Performane Chip Discussion
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:54:05 -0500
  ...Unfortunately, that results in a lot of unburned fuel (hydrocarbons) going out the exhaust, which is a no-no from a pollution standpoint. You...
• Re: Emissions failures make me feel like a failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 20:25:25 -0500
  Looking at these numbers, your problem is unburned hydrocarbons. You need to look for ignition or lean miss fire or an exhaust valve problem...
• Re: Emissions test failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:40:20 -0400
  ...Results were Hydrocarbons (HO) grams/mile .75 limit 1.60 (passed), CO grams/mile 25.73 limit 15 (failed), NOX grams/mile 2.91...
• Oxygen sensors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:22:31 -0400
  ...The 3 way catalytic converter has to actually support oxidizing (lean mixture) reactions to reduce carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons and reduction (rich) reactions...
• Re: all my R12 is gone..? (bummer)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 25 May 2005 19:29:48 -0700
  ...list of states on the EPA site that have banned using hydrocarbons as a refrigerant in motor vehicles completely, regardless of how you go...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:37:36 -0700
  ...stoich, which is what the three-way (nitrogen oxides, carbon > monoxide, hydrocarbons --> nitrogen, CO2, water) CAT requires. It > prevents tuning the motor for either...
• Re: gutted Catalyctic
  Historical mailing list - margie reyes
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 09:10:17 +0100
  ...Although vanagons do > have a high > hydrocarbons at IDLE before the CAT in which the CAT will > reduce. I do have > more power with...
• Euro-Engine: 86 Volkswagen Vanagon, Cooling, collection bottle
  Historical mailing list - "Ken Cook (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:08:50 -0400
  ...It must be steam or trapped air as it is free of hydrocarbons in the cooling system. This thing is driving us nuts and...
• Re: Smog test failed - here is my plan
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:51:46 -0400
  ...Smog test failed - here is my plan Actually high hydrocarbons does not mean it is running rich at all. That would show up as...
• Re: Techron
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:10:11 -0400
  ...heptane, hexane, heptane, septane, octane, nonane and decane are the basic hydrocarbons with from one to ten carbons each. Each can be converted to...
• Re: OIL, What do you use?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:19:50 -0700
  ...in high shear situations, but that they "load up" with unburned hydrocarbons, soot, etc. just as much as dino oils, and this is the...
• Re: Test Only Center BS
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:18:30 -0400
  ...The concept of getting the cat hot is only helpful for excessive hydrocarbons (HC). Any unburned HC indicates a problem such as leaking valve...
• Re: Propex alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 4 Nov 2013 13:47:24 -0800
  ...the process, the most efficient is the Kero using long chain hydrocarbons as the energy source. The least efficient is the Propane. So for...
• Re: I4 emission issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:16:01 -0400
  ...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: Continuing Cold Stall Problem - HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:02:11 -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...
• Re: User friendly fuels (was you fixed it..)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:14:56 -0500
  ...This also means that diesel sits there waiting to be cleaned up instead of polluting the atmosphere with hydrocarbons. Additionally, diesel vehicles don't...
• Re: My new camper!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:32:36 -0700
  ...The smoke is hydrocarbons and among other things will thicken the oil sooner than otherwise. Is your timing correct? The smoke might mean some...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 07:57:14 -0700
  ...Have your cooling system tested for hydrocarbons (exhaust gas sniffer in the expansion tank, or chemical test). I STRONGLY advise against the use of...
• Re: AC convert
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:09:52 -0400
  ...t > that > mean that HFC-134a is more flammable than these hydrocarbons? > According to both Underwriters Laboratories and the American > Society of > Heating, Refrigerating...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:12:32 -0700
  ...My mechanic used the exhaust gas analyzer to find hydrocarbons in the cooling system. He then did a cylinder leakage test, blowing air into...