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• Re: 1.9 Compression?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:42:42 -0500
  ...You also want to have the coolant tested for hydrocarbons and how old is the transmission? Check the crankshaft for excessive end play. The...
• Re: COOLANT LEAK MYSTERY: NEED HELP NOW PLEASE
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:00:15 -0800
  ...It will detect hydrocarbons, indicating the failure. I don't know about the heads, but somebody is doing something wrong here. A bad o...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:44:55 -0600
  ...This is a product of the Catalytic Converter turning hydrocarbons in hydro (water) and CO2. O.K., this is a simplified answer but correct...
• Re: Failed Smog Test
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 15:35:41 -0800
  ...2.21 pct vice the standard of 1.2 pct, and Hydrocarbons of 276 PPM, vice the >| standard of 220 PPM. >| >| The engine had...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Cavanaugh
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 15:03:55 -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: Success!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:34:59 -0500
  ...You can also > have it sniffed for hydrocarbons and that will tell you for sure the gasses > are being injected into the cooling system...
• Re: starbrite star-tron enzyme fuel treatment
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:00:40 -0500
  ...Of course, since the large fuel molecules are hydrocarbons, and in the case of diesel (or gasoline for that matter, though the problem is...
• Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 19:26:54 -0700
  I strongly suspect that weak cylinder is putting off enough unburned hydrocarbons that the mean effect is you are out of the range of...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 18:32:58 -0500
  ...engine was both hot > and > >> cold) for traces of combustion leakage (hydrocarbons in the > cooling > >> system) and found nothing. > >> > >> He also found no excessive...
• Continuing saga 82 aircooled 2.0l westy emission failure issues update
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:45:48 -0600
  ...It was about 4 times over on Hydrocarbons. I mentioned I had an auto mechanic instructor friend with a smoker who was going to...
• Shop Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 21 Sep 1994 14:13:50 -0700 (PDT)
  ...There are hydrocarbons present in the cooling system now. Meaning head-gasket or cracked head. Now the shocker. They wrote the whole repair OFF...
• Re: Smoker's Car: Fix using Ozone
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:17:22 -0500
  ...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: Gurgling coolant
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Sat, 1 May 1999 22:44:00 -0700
  ...Check for hydrocarbons in the coolant by waving a smog sensor wand over the open overflow tank opening. 2.Leaks out the sides of...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 13:33:58 -0700
  ...Retorque the heads, check the coolant for hydrocarbons, bleed it properly, say a few prayers, if its still getting air, 99% of the time...
• Re: spare tire compartment gas can?????
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:04:55 EDT
  ...These films are typically a well bonded fully aliphatic coating not attacked by hydrocarbons. Some of these coatings are attacked by alcohols. The cap...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:00:35 -0400
  ...This controls hydrocarbons being released into the air from > evaporating fuel. > Do not over advance the ignition timing or during rebuild consider engine > modifications...
• Re: Spooked!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:06:29 -0400
  ...Using a single-weight oil gets you back to the more robust - I *think* - chemistry of short-chain hydrocarbons. And the engines were built...
• Re: emissions inspection failure(Utah)
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 21:59:41 -0400
  ...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: Emissions Problems/90 Vanagon Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:07:19 EDT
  ...It failed the emission test here in WA, but only on the hydrocarbons at idle. It passed the hydrocarbons at 2500 RPM. It also...
• Re: Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 May 2009 18:29:45 -0400
  ...If you smell hydrocarbons, (why you think it is running rich) then you need to look for ignition or lean miss fires and check...
• Re: CARB Certification
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 12:58:43 -0800
  ...the tailpipe, rev >it up and down, and measure the fumes. Hydrocarbons, Nitrous oxides, Carbon >Monoxide, etc. Pass or fail. They also pressure test...
• Re: hesitation, bogging, rough idle
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:17:35 -0800
  ...Also, 3 cylinders running average lean and one cylinder just pumping excessive hydrocarbons (poor combustion) most of the time but especially at idle. At...
• Re: Air in my coolant - part deux
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 19 May 1998 17:21:37 EDT
  ...This eliminated the cracked head possibility because there were no hydrocarbons present. The culprit was a clogged radiator. Removed it from the vehicle and...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - robyn rudisill
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:56:05 -0800
  ...We count air pollution, such as fine particles, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons and other pollutants according to the health problems caused by each pollutant. We...
• Re: User friendly fuels (was you fixed it..)
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:29:59 -0700
  ...A clean diesel emits almost no hydrocarbons and even a dirty diesel emits zero carbon monoxide. Even modern gas engines emit CO, so your...
• Smog test failed - here is my plan
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:02:47 -0700
  ...It has high hydrocarbons at idle, which means it is running rich. So, I plan to change cap, rotor, plugs which is the advice...
• Re: Temp 2 Sensor replacement
  Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
  Tue, 28 May 2002 17:27:33 -0700
  ...switch and replace air filter. (still failed seattle emissions with high hydrocarbons) 02 sensor and maybe cat converter next, any suggestions anyone? Anyway.... I...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:52:59 -0500
  ...basestock, typically built up from ethylene gas as a source of hydrocarbons) to use the much cheaper Group III. They did so without notice...
• Gas mileage / emissions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 13:13:01 -0400
  ...On the no-load 2500 rpm emissions test, I got a 10 ppm on the hydrocarbons out of a limit of 220. The CO2...
• Re: Help, my 84 is burping coolant
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 26 Feb 2000 11:24:55 -0600
  ...There are definitive ways of determining if he has an internal leak - including the testing of coolant for hydrocarbons - which can be done at...
• Smog laws and LPG conversions
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  14 Oct 1994 09:00:13 +1000
  ...most stringent emission laws because no lead and 'minute' levels of hydrocarbons are produced.... LPG conversions are gaining in popularity in Australia because petrol...
• Re: Smoker's Car: Fix using Ozone
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:34:31 -0700
  ...The free oxygen > oxidizes (go figure) the nasty smelly > hydrocarbons in the air. > > Don't breathe ozone, though. Bad for > the lungs. > > I have...
• Vanagon in Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 2 May 97 15:11:49 EDT
  ...If it detects excessive hydrocarbons (i.e., more than 50 parts per million) in the coolant, then the head gasket (or the head) needs...
• Re: just passed CA smog, but poor mileage
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 9 May 2003 15:28:18 EDT
  ...I'll look for the paper work to see what my hydrocarbons were and the manufacturer of the cat. Beat, Jeff 83.5 Westy...
• Re: Head leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 5 Aug 2007 17:32:31 -0700
  ...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: 85 wbx miss at idle...update =)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 18 Jan 2004 23:02:47 -0500
  ...It is also my experience that setting it >to 5 BTDC makes it quite foul at idle, you can smell the unburnt >hydrocarbons, probably...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 15:16:19 -0700
  ...I had blown two hoses in two >days. > >My mechanic used the exhaust gas analyzer to find hydrocarbons in the >cooling system. He then...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 06:38:04 EST
  ...If any hydrocarbons are present run don't walk from this one. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC> 86 VW crewcab;60...
• The test...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 06:41:44 -0500
  ...The dye is a brilliant blue and he stated that it would turn instantly bright yellow in the presence of hydrocarbons or carbon dioxide...
• Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:07:23 -0700
  ...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: do you vanagon list people have a life?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:22:07 -0700
  ...Even having a lawn is pretty un-PC - like they use water, and gas powered mowers pollute the air with CO2 and hydrocarbons and...
• Mike's TP switch question from digest
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:16:00 -0700
  ...system O2 sensor was seeing "Rich-Mixture" because of the excess hydrocarbons from the oil mist coming into the intake and blowing out the...
• Re: Smoker's Car: Fix using Ozone
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:38:47 -0500
  ...The free oxygen >> oxidizes (go figure) the nasty smelly >> hydrocarbons in the air. >> >> Don't breathe ozone, though. Bad for >> the lungs. >> >> I have...
• Smog device
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  3 Jan 1997 12:06:10 -0800
  ...Then the ignitor creates a plasma field in which the remaining unburned hydrocarbons are exploded. The exhaust stream flows through an oxidizing chamber, completing...
• Re: Test Only Center BS
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 07:24:38 -0700
  ...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: vanagon misfiring after 30 mins
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Mon, 13 Apr 1998 10:51:51 -0600
  ...BTW, replace your OXS....without it the ECU can't fine tune the mixture setting and you're blowing high amounts of either hydrocarbons...
• Re: I4 emission issues
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 22:44:53 -0700
  ...row. > > first test failed on excess CO at idle; all emissions(Hydrocarbons, > NOx CO ) were significantly higher than the previous year. > > replaced plugs rotor...
• Re: Vanagon emissions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:45:42 -0700
  ...Mine was tested recently and came in at (grams per mile) Hydrocarbons >> 0.34/limit 3.88, CO 1.78/limit 59.97, NOx...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 21:28:35 -0600
  ...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: AC convert
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:27:37 -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: Broken new motor update
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 17:29:24 EDT
  ...that are giving the problem. Tests that I will suggest 1. Hydrocarbons in the coolant. 2. Pressure test the cooling system overnight 3. Leakdown...
• Re: Success!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:01:37 -0600
  ...You can also >> have it sniffed for hydrocarbons and that will tell you for sure the gasses >> are being injected into the cooling system...
• Re: Manifold measuring - is this right?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:28:25 -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...
• LP tank and Skylight
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Seitz
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:19:33 -0500
  ...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: Hello, new here. Mechanic question
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 09:45:35 -0500
  ...second test at the smog place was worse than the first > (hydrocarbons allowable 400, first time 434 second time 535). > Instrestingly the total bill...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:44:15 -0400
  ...Excessive Hydrocarbons, (HC). Fuel that didn’t burn at all. Lean or ignition related miss fire. Check for vacuum leaks, injectors again, Bad valves...
• Re: Success!
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:42:24 -0800
  ...You can also have it sniffed for hydrocarbons and that will tell you for sure the gasses are being injected into the cooling system...
• Re: [vanagon] bubbles in my overflow tank?
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Mon, 31 May 2004 09:14:34 -0700
  ...You can use a smogg sniffer to determine if there are hydrocarbons present in the coolant, that is a sure fire way to know...
• Re: User friendly fuels (was you fixed it..)
  Historical mailing list - karl filc
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:05:31 -0000
  ...fuel ratio FI gas engine. > A clean diesel emits almost no hydrocarbons and even a dirty diesel emits > zero carbon monoxide. Even modern gas...
• Re: Continuing Cold Stall Problem - HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:17:28 -0700
  ...I > can > see the black > smoke...I can smell the excess hydrocarbons....and > the > engine runs > rough > off idle until the plugs burn clean...