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• Re: Gah. Inspections
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 23:01:15 -0700
  ...It's in their Industrial Controls catalog. I suspect that McMaster-Carr or MSC will also have them. (Yup, McMaster <http://www.mcmaster.com...
• Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 13:10:35 PDT
  ...He describes the 911 as an air cooled engine that, as HP and > > emission controls increased, became more of an air/oil cooled engine...
• Re: CNN@lenti.umn.edu?& more Diesel proublems
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Sun, 6 Apr 1997 11:14:45 -0700 (PDT)
  ...on this point) the best way that I see is; basic emissions controls (EGR,PCV,Catalitic converters, and unleaded fuel), then take the rest...
• Re: Exh Emis Gas Analysis ?
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Tue, 10 Dec 1996 21:19:42 -0700
  ...Most of the smog controls that are on an engine surround cold starting emissions (whether they be "physical" or "logical" as in later vehicles...
• Re: Diesel conversion and SMOG
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 22:26:12 -0600
  ...Alaska in winter - especially around Anchorage and Fairbanks - fully justifies the emissions controls. That fog, as you know full well, can be hazardous to...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:30:25 -0700
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that > >> engine goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after > >> treatment, and...
• Re: 85 wbx 1.9 miss at idle
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:19:10 -0500
  ...I run my 84 at 5 BTDC, passes emissions easily. You have a problemm somewhere else. Z --- Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@INVISTA...
• Re[2]: one more '66 question (dog-house fan shroud)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 07 May 96 09:10:26 PST
  That should go to a charcoal canister, part of the fuel tank vapor emissions controls. Have one on my Thing. The canister is mounted...
• Re: What Subie engine can go in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:10:49 -0500
  ...We don't currently have emissions testing, (visual only) for 95 and earlier. Using a 96 and later engine/controls puts you there. Dennis...
• Re: smog failed 85gl
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:19:21 -0500
  I don't know if you have the idle test or the IM240, (dyno), but in general, the states emission limits are at least...
• Mexican Buses
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 18:37:31 -0600
  ...The interiors are an odd mixture of traditional bus equipment (heater controls, gauges etc.) with fancy seats, steering wheels, headliner, etc. If you have...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:47:31 -0500
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that > > >> engine goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after > > >> treatment, and...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Mar 2014 00:16:03 -0500
  ...Supposedly the leading cause for the check engine light to be on here is a failure of the evaporative emissions control system, and it...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:13:15 -0700
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that engine goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after treatment, and...
• Idle Problems, update, kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:32:17 -0500
  ...throttle switch, idle stabilization controls, Temp II sensor, and the evaporative emissions system. Poor performance at operating temp. and at full throttle can also...
• Re: Diesel conversion and SMOG
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:45:17 -0900
  ...Alaska in winter - especially around > Anchorage and Fairbanks - fully justifies the emissions controls. > Thatfog, as you know full well, can be hazardous to your...
• Re: got to get ready for emission testing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:46:47 -0800
  ...passing? Slim to none, I,d say.The > WBX has few emission controls on it.The catalytic convertor,charcoal > canister, and fuel injection system...
• Re: diesel vs gas vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:04:11 -0800
  ...than the vehicle that is converted. > 2) Engine has all factory emission controls as sold and installed in the > original vehicle. > 3) You don...
• Comments on displacement (Frank?)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:47:54 -0800
  ...Old cars like Ferraris and Porsche 911s were close, but that was before emissions controls. Formula one cars during the turbo era (until ~1990...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:00:19 -0400
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that engine goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after treatment, and...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:56:44 -0600
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that > engine goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after > treatment, and...
• Re: BLUE TEC
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 26 May 2008 19:23:17 -0700
  ...The first smog devices staring > in about 1971 were that. - retrofitted stuff to engines never designed with > low emissions in mind. > And those cars...
• Re: How bad is it to have dual carbs instaed if the FI on an 84
  Historical mailing list - A J
  Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:06:19 -0400
  ...trash the motor? I dont have to worry about emissions or state inspections/controls so that is a non issue for me. Its just...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:19:33 -0400
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that engine > goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after > treatment, and...
• Re: Washington state...changes in vehicle licensing rules..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 2 Mar 2011 16:04:45 -0800
  ...I have no problem with tight smog controls for vehicles....but the California Air Resources Board.....they are awful...they simply make arbitrary rules...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:18:42 -0700
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that engine goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after treatment, and...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:25:18 -0700
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that engine goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after treatment, and...
• Re: 85 wbx 1.9 miss at idle
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:42:44 -0800
  ...Adjusting the timing > affects your idle, but the idle is not controlled by > the timing. > > I run my 84 at 5 BTDC, passes emissions...
• Re: smog failed 85gl
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:07:05 -0500
  ...smog failed 85gl > >I don't know if you have the idle test or the IM240, (dyno), but in general, >the states emission limits...
• Re: idle and black tower
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:27:53 -0400
  ...In the world of emission controls, the closed crank breather and in some cases PCV valves were the first starting in 1968. As an...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:05:21 -0700
  ...and all of the emissions > > >> equipment that goes with that engine goes with it. This can > > >> include all the controls, exhaust after treatment, and...
• Re: Header from Ahnendorp
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 14 Jun 2000 20:50:36 -0400
  ...a different location to a dealer, and that dealer discovers the emission controls have been tampered with, you could find yourself in some trouble...
• Re: Vacuum System Parts on 1.9 - "Y's" and Constrictors...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:28:20 -0400
  ...orifice controls how quickly the valve can open and close. I don't know why they put this one in, whether for emissions or...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:10:13 -0500
  ...and all of the emissions > > > >> equipment that goes with that engine goes with it. This can > > > >> include all the controls, exhaust after treatment, and...
• Re: NVC Re: VW, honour, and culture
  Historical mailing list - eve Appleton
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:40:22 -0700
  ...The consumer now controls outcome. If they love their car ... �N lets not forget the investigation has just started. By the time it ends...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:10:24 -0600
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that engine >> goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after >> treatment, and...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 4 Mar 2014 23:29:30 -0500
  ...Supposedly the leading cause for the check engine light to be on here > is a failure of the evaporative emissions control system, and it...
• Re: got to get ready for emission testing
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:23:52 -0800
  ...passing? Slim to none, I,d say.The > > WBX has few emission controls on it.The catalytic convertor,charcoal > > canister, and fuel injection system...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:13:20 -0700
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that >>>>> engine goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after >>>>> treatment, and...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:40:04 -0400
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that engine >>> goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after >>> treatment, and...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:40:58 -0500
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that engine > >> goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after > >> treatment, and...
• California resident, purchasing out of state van...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 23:52:43 -0700
  ...A full CA-compliant one would say "This car meets USEPA and State of California regulations for emissions controls..." In either case, your vehicle...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:54:38 -0500
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that engine > >>> goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after > >>> treatment, and...
• Re: Fuel Master
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 6 May 2003 09:26:28 -0500
  ...American car companies only > add things the don't sell like emission controls > and saftey if made to buy law. (Often at least.) > Steve...
• Re: '85, 1.9 timing questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 12:30:21 -0500
  ...How will this effect things like, emission controls, etc, for those of us living in a state with Smog Controls and Smog tests? By...
• Re: Need Reassurance on 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 May 2010 10:53:53 -0400
  ...Yes, air cooled offers some simplicity but for the later engines having to deal with emissions controls and the increased weight and wind resistance...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:11:55 -0500
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that > >>>>> engine goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after > >>>>> treatment, and...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters- EGR
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 00:11:30 -0500
  ...Supposedly the > leading cause for the check engine light to be on here is a failure of > the evaporative emissions control system, and it...
• Re: 2.1wbx into 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Dec 2007 22:13:09 -0500
  ...The Digifant does have some control on ignition timing, I guess to control ping or NOx emissions but you won't notice the difference...
• Re: smog failed 85gl
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:35:06 +0000
  ...smog failed 85gl > > > >I don't know if you have the idle test or the IM240, (dyno), > but in general, > >the states emission limits...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:07:08 -0500
  ...Results like you are the justification for emissions test procedures and with your numbers you are definitely in the league of a gross polluter...
• Re: BLUE TEC
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Tue, 27 May 2008 10:49:34 -0700
  ...The first smog devices staring >> in about 1971 were that. - retrofitted stuff to engines never designed with >> low emissions in mind. >> And those cars...
• Re: some notes from counterman mag
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:42:21 -0400
  ...My hire car was a Toyota Corolla with no -- none, nada, zip emissions controls and a manual choke. Looking into the engine compartment reminded...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 20 Apr 2001 - Special issue (#2001-478)
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:10:20 -0600
  ...it controls ignition and fuel injection together. Rumour is VW named it Digifant where 'fant' means 'elephant' because it was such a huge undertaking...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 18:28:11 -0800
  ...Results like you are the justification for emissions test > procedures and with your numbers you are definitely in the league of a > gross polluter...
• Re: New cars..RE: Friday NVC: European Union switch to diesel not working so well
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 20 Jun 2014 15:57:35 -0500
  ...Backup cameras, in-dash computers, 67 air bags, doors that unlock when you get near them, ever more complex emission controls, etc. None of...
• fwd: Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list
  19 Aug 94 14:59:00 EDT
  ...He describes the 911 as an air cooled engine that, as HP and emission controls increased, became more of an air/oil cooled engine...
• Re: New cars..RE: Friday NVC: European Union switch to diesel not working so well
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:01:32 -0700
  ...Backup cameras, in-dash computers, 67 air bags, doors that unlock when you get near them, ever more complex emission controls, etc. None of...
• Re: '85, 1.9 timing questions (cont)
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 19:46:07 -0800
  ...How will this effect things like, emission controls, etc, for those of us living in a state with Smog Controls and Smog tests? By...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:06:15 -0700
  ...and all of the emissions equipment that goes with that >>>>>>> engine goes with it. This can include all the controls, exhaust after >>>>>>> treatment, and...