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• Will biodiesel reduce particulate harm (Re: Diesels in California?!)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 13:49:32 -0700
  ...The TDI does pass California emissions standards. However, it is a comparitively dirty engine thru california emissions criteria. California takes all the vehicles that...
• Re: Emissions - does this sound right
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:10:19 -0400
  What was the failure? Did they have dyno to test the NOx emissions to know they were still high? Yes sometimes a cat can...
• Re: Failed emissions for third time
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:42:02 -0400
  ...Failed emissions for third time I posted a while back about my 1987 Vanagon failing the AZ emissions on CO and NOX levels. The...
• Re: WOOHOO! Passed Emissions!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 23:48:24 -0500
  All state emissions inspection programs are based on looking for the gross polluters. The standards are based on what the vehicles were required to...
• Re: Emissions Problems/90 Vanagon Syncro
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:47:47 -0400
  ...Emissions Problems/90 Vanagon Syncro HELP! I am having a problem with emissions on my 90 Syncro Westy. It failed the emission test here...
• Re: NOx emissions (WAS: '85 Westy failing Pa. emissions) 3 way cats
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 23 Feb 1998 23:02:14 -0500
  ...NOx emissions (WAS: '85 Westy failing Pa. emissions) >>| mixture is leaner; but not that much higher. THe high NOx actually >>| comes from when the...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:02:09 -0700
  ...And that changes the equation for > carbon emissions. > > John > > On 6/29/2012 12:18 PM, OlRivrRat wrote: >> he term Air-Fuel Mixture has...
• Re: My van failed Maryland emissions test
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 11:05:05 -0400
  ...dozen bottles on "dry gas" in an empty > tank to pass emissions. I'm not sure if the modern "dyno" test machines can > be...
• Re: Emission Failure - Excess Hydrocarbons - Oxygen Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:24:42 PDT
  ...Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:04:39 -0700 I failed emissions:( and I need to fix something so that I can get it to...
• Re: simple heat for stove top, e-bay
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:22:11 -0800
  ...I did find my old Ciba Geigy handbook of fun facts, will delve into it for emissions data. Alistair On 25-Feb-08, at...
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:16:42 -0700
  ...The Dreaded Emissions test > > > With those numbers he needs to start with compression / leak down test. Then > look for ignition or lean miss fire...
• Re: I didnt pass emissions---why?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:46:16 -0800
  Emission test vary all over; It would help to know what the tests were measuring for and to what extent they failed- what were...
• I4 emission issues
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 19:54:40 -0700
  Hi all...I'm having a time passing the emissions testing this year. Get through easily for the past ten, but this time around...
• Re: You won't believe this one!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:55:50 EDT
  ...Decreases the accuracy of emissions testing (we have had cars that never passed the old idle emissions test, pass the dyno test!) 3. Increases...
• Re: Failed emissions ( now Mobil 1)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:06:33 -0500
  ...Failed emissions > >In my personal experience, old oil can contribute to High Hydrocarbon (HC) >readings. Do an oil and filter change whiler yer at...
• Re: VW cat converter : 2 or 3 way?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 23:35:59 -0500
  ...I believe all converters have the Oxidization Catalyst to reduce HC and CO emissions. My Subaru powered Weekender failed for high NOx emissions which...
• Re: Possible aaz/ turbo diesel source?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:28:45 -0600
  Emissions who needs emissions? I figure with being turbo it may burn cleaner than my n/a? Do any of you think they used...
• Re: passed DE inspection :-)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:24:18 -0400
  I'm 66 years old and I've never been subjected to an emissions test. We didn't have them when I lived in...
• Re: Possible aaz/ turbo diesel source?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:51:36 -0600
  ...Possible aaz/ turbo diesel source? Emissions who needs emissions? I figure with being turbo it may burn cleaner than my n/a? Do any...
• Re: should I replace my cat before even getting an emissions test?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 07:36:27 -0700
  ...Engine Work Before Emission Tests This may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but the general rule is Do Not work on an engine before...
• Re: Diesel emmissions.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:16:36 +0200
  ...Mercedes developed a filter for particle emissions. To reduce particle emissions you should use agricultural produced fuel. I do this just before the two...
• Are there Emission Compliance Stickers in US Diesel vans?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:37:10 -0700
  Can anyone who owns a US-spec factory diesel Vanagon is there any emissions compliance stickers in either the license plate door or the...
• WOO-HOO! (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:23:28 -0500
  ...Fearing the crushing blow of the random failed emissions I show up, albeit three month late. To my pleasant surprise the old girl is...
• Passed Emissions
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 19:51:05 -0800
  Starwagen passed Washington State emissions with flying colors today, an every two year thing around here. And ahdn't touched anything in the engine...
• Re: Adjustments to help 81 Air Cooled Westy pass emissions?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:40:06 -0700
  ...For many years I had an empty cat and just barely passed Colorado emissions (CO, HC, NOx)--but I did. Then I put a...
• Re: Vanagon emissions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:11:50 -0400
  ...Life-cycle emissions include the total of the emissions created > from mining, manufacturing, use, maintenance and disposal of the > vehicle. > > B. Regardless of your...
• Re: Emissions failure Nox
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:13:30 -0400
  ...Emissions failure Nox My 1987 Wolfsburg 2.1L automatic just failed the AZ emissions test for the first time. It failed on Nitrogen Oxide...
• Re: California Emission Test?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:59:12 -0700
  ...California Emission Test? >> >> The 86 and later vans were all 50 state versions. If all is well it will >> pass. Being a Syncro they...
• Re: NVC Re: VW gave diesel drivers what they wanted! Tailpipe Emissions!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:33:45 -0500
  ---- Theodore Hoekman <thoekman@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > An interesting op-ed in the NYTimes about existing technology for monitoring emissions on the road, very much...
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:21:59 -0700
  On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:57 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote: > While emissions tests suck their main purpose is to...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:38:43 -0700
  ...what pollutes more ..? a 7 liter engine with an idle emissions figure of 1.0 % CO, or a 1 liter engine with that same...
• Re: Getting a vehicle into California - How hard?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 1 Feb 95 15:17:04 PST
  ...I think there is fee assessed on cars don't have California spec. <more stringent than the rest of the U.S.; Canada?> emissions...
• Re: Fw: Emissions failures make me feel like a failure
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:35:55 -0800
  ...On Dec 6, 2007 6:02 AM, John Brigstocke <jbrig@hsfx.ca> wrote: > Wouldn't adding alcohol weaken the mixture - increasing NOx emission? > John...
• Re: Emissions test failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:40:20 -0400
  ...http://www.smogtips.com/failed-emissions-test.cfm Good luck! I'm so glad I don't have to deal with this anymore! Stuart...
• Fw: Re: Emission Failure - Excess Hydrocarbons - Oxygen Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Andy
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 15:01:45 -0700
  Tricks that work to help pass emissions: 1. Catalytic converter is number one, something like a factor of 60% improvement. 2. Change oil and...
• Re: 76bus
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:35:21 -0500
  ...I didn't look up the relay data, just responded to the issue on telling if the bus was California emissions. Looking it up...
• Bad Posting Style
  Historical mailing list - coyote
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 13:45:21 -0700
  ...Cronin: > European cars meet or exceed american emission requirements. I know > nothing about South Africa or Brasil This is absolutely not true! Editing down...
• Re: Failed emissions for third time-Florida emmissions!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:24:16 -0400
  ...Failed emissions for third time > > I posted a while back about my 1987 Vanagon failing the AZ emissions > on CO and NOX levels. > The...
• Re: emissions inspection failed on 83
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:43:18 -0600
  The way to go about getting past emissions is to set the AFM as lean as it will go and the engine still run...
• Re: Importing a Vanagon from South Africa etc.
  Historical mailing list - DavidM
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:05:20 -0400
  ...off it needs emission controls, so a catalytic > converter > > and all the electronics needed to ensure it can meet the emissions > >requirements. > > This will...
• Re: 87 Vanagon Emission failure -No Va
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:10:01 -0500
  ...87 Vanagon Emission failure -No Va My van had been sitting most of the winter -took it out for an emission test and it...
• Re: Help on importing a Canadian EV Double Cab
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Mar 1997 20:35:53 -0400 (AST)
  ...All >1988 and up vehicles sold into Canada meet US Federal Emissions >standards. My '85 Crewcab has an EPA sticker on the rear plate...
• Re: Need crossover pipe for air-cooled Vanagon exhaust.
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:53:07 -0600
  ...In Utah, it doesn't matter how old, if its post-1967, it has to pass an emissions test. That year doesn't change...
• Re: New Jersey emissions law (was: Why are so many....)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 03 May 1995 15:40:30 -0400 (EDT)
  ...What my bone of contention is that you have only one chance to fix the emission problem or the car is condemed. Imagine, for...
• Re: synchro - more power ?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:51:21 -0400
  Be careful about emission tests with your carbs. I have a weber 2 barrel progressive carb on my 91 syncro westy and it works...
• Importing, emissions as: Yahoo passed emissions
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:14:35 -0800
  Here in CA we have no safety checks, but we of course have the emissions testing based on vehicle year emission requirements and functioning...
• Re: WOOHOO! Passed Emissions!
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 17:25:16 -0500
  I don't think it's that hard to pass say NYC emissions, basically the same as CA. Your engine must be in tune...
• Re: Are there Emission Compliance Stickers in US Diesel vans?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:21:28 -0400
  ...It says: "VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL INFORMATION THIS VEHICLE CONFORMS TO USEPA REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO 1982 MODEL YEAR NEW MOTOR VEHICLES NON-CATALYST" and along...
• Re: Adjustments to help 81 Air Cooled Westy pass emissions?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:04:17 -0800
  ...An emissions testing up here in Vancouver > Canada that basically measures HO, CO, and NOx emissions. > > Aside from making sure plugs are clean, and...
• Re: Failed Emissions Check
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:58:14 -0700
  ...Failed Emissions Check > I>> Took my van for its Ohio e-Check yesterday. The engine has 20,000 on a > >> rebuilt Boston Bob. It...
• Re: Vanagon emissions
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:57:13 -0230
  Having the emissions of a light truck isn't saying much. Pretty bad, in fact. Emissions are for the most part a linear function...
• Re: VW Customer Relations & reality check
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 10:46:04 +0200
  ...Yes, I agree with you, 'emission SH*T' is probably too strong. Emission _hassles_ is probably more correct. Lead free petrol has been available...
• Re: CA Smog Check Waiver ( was Re: emission ethics)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:56:38 -0700
  ...They bitched about having to install the gas pump emission equipment. A friend was complaining saying that the air in Bishop wasn't like...
• '87 Failed emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Richards, Andrew
  Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:24:02 -0700
  Hey all, My '87 GL failed its emission test today. Hydrocarbons were more than double the max and CO was about 1.25 times...
• RE: Help me ID Euro-Camper
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 29 May 1996 09:18:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...What's emissions gadgetry? :^)
• Re: Possible aaz/ turbo diesel source?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:16:31 -0400
  While turbo charging a diesel increases efficiency and reduces CO, HC, and soot emissions, the process drastically increases the production of NOx. This is...
• Emissions failure Nox
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:03:10 -0700
  My 1987 Wolfsburg 2.1L automatic just failed the AZ emissions test for the first time. It failed on Nitrogen Oxide which was twice...
• Re: I4 emission issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:16:01 -0400
  ...I4 emission issues Hi all...I'm having a time passing the emissions testing this year. Get through easily for the past ten, but...
• Re: Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing? /NO Emissions Question
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:15:59 -0800
  ...Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing? /NO > Emissions Question > > > BenT is correct they do test the CAPS only. careful my cap was good...
• Re: Emissions, Was: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:06:09 -0700
  ...hope the newer Ford engine conversion has better emissions >> but >> have not seen any emissions test results to back that up. Since my >> waterboxers...