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• Re: O2 sensor testing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:22:25 -0500
  ...strays a tiny bit the other way the CO (and maybe hydrocarbons?) will rise. But these effects are so sensitive that they will happen...
• Re: Broken New Engine, What is fair resolution?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:47:07 EDT
  ...and there is no coolant loss? Is there a test for Hydrocarbons that checks the coolant itself, rather than the gas found in the...
• Re: Im back with air ... mind boggling
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:06:36 -0800
  ...Do you know of a > mechanic that can test > for hydrocarbons? Does running the internal heaters > on full blast help > matters? > > Good Luck and...
• Re: Wheres Waldo (EGR or no EGR)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Dec 2003 20:50:08 -0500
  ...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: OIL, What do you use?
  Historical mailing list - Holm
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 19:42:01 -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...
• Re: Propane Sniffer (Was: Propex Install at Westy Ventures)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:50:10 -0400
  ...While that is designed for sniffing propane, it, in fact will work with other hydrocarbons. I have one similar to the one Karl has...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:45:29 -0600
  ...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: got to fix the cooling system again.
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:16:21 -0700
  ...I would have the coolant tested for hydrocarbons and have the cap for the coolant tank tested. I don't see any value in...
• Re: Smoker's Car: Fix using Ozone
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:54:49 -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...
• Re: Air in Cooling System/ 89Westy
  Historical mailing list - Doug in CA
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 14:23:12 -0800
  ...if it has hydrocarbons in it, the head gaskets are leaking. Doug ----- Original Message ----- From: "MICHAEL POPE" <raskayamon@MSN.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: do you vanagon list people have a life?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:40:52 -0600
  ...water, and gas > powered > mowers pollute the air with CO2 and hydrocarbons and noise. > > A lawn is an un pc thing to have, like...
• Re: Propex alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 4 Nov 2013 19:14:39 -0500
  ...the process, the most efficient is the Kero >using long chain hydrocarbons as the energy source. The least >efficient is the Propane. So for...
• nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 4 Sep 2013 09:54:09 -0700
  ...the sniffer tests is that they are looking for > un-burned hydrocarbons. In order for this to work in addition to the leak > you...
• Re: Continuing saga 82 aircooled 2.0l westy emission failure issues update
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:19:42 -0400
  ...It was about 4 times over on Hydrocarbons. I mentioned I had an auto mechanic instructor friend with a smoker who was going to...
• Re: do you vanagon list people have a life?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:54:44 -0700
  ...water, and gas powered >mowers pollute the air with CO2 and hydrocarbons and noise. > >A lawn is an un pc thing to have, like...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon 2.1L auto: failed DE emission test: CO (high)
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 31 May 2023 22:56:34 -0600
  ...hc-and-failed-emissions-test/ https://www.smogtips.com/failed-high-hydrocarbons-HC.cfm http://www.auto-repair-help.com/auto_diagnostics/diagnose_emission...
• Re: The test...
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:46:36 -0600
  ...that it would turn instantly >bright yellow in the presence of hydrocarbons or carbon dioxide. Well, >three minutes and lots of pumping later, dye...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:14:31 -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: oil light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 23:00:40 -0500
  ...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: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:37:06 -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: Smoker's Car: Fix using Ozone
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:10:49 -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: Need Charcoal Canister
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 16:38:56 -0700
  ...things but if I recall, certain parts of the gas fumes (hydrocarbons?) get absorbed by the charcoal. So, purge valve closed, charcoal absorbs. Valve...
• Re: 85 wbx miss at idle...update =)
  Historical mailing list - Herr Wibo Fichten
  Sun, 18 Jan 2004 22:36:57 -0400
  ...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: burning plastic
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Williamson
  Wed, 18 Jun 1997 14:06:37 -0500 (CDT)
  I believe that the simple answer to this question is "It depends on the plastic." Some plastics, such as polyethylene, are just hydrocarbons, and...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 21:52:49 -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: do you vanagon list people have a life?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:00:58 -0700
  ...water, and gas > powered > mowers pollute the air with CO2 and hydrocarbons and noise. > > A lawn is an un pc thing to have, like...
• Re: 73 Westy into California...how hard?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 2 Feb 95 10:53:56 PST
  ...To pass the tailpipe test you need to get under 400 ppm Hydrocarbons. My '72 used to just squeak by, and it had no...
• Re: [A] 73 1700 push rod tube question ...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Feb 95 9:21:58 MST
  ...not buy the stuff that is full of toluene, acetone, or hydrocarbons. If I wanted to make a flamethrower this is what I would...
• Biodiesel
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:40:10 -0400
  ...Clean-burning biodiesels are environmentally friendly and substantially reduce emissions of unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and particulate matter. As an alternative and renewable fuel...
• Re: Smoker's Car: Fix using Ozone
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:49:09 -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: condensation, knocking was: Uh oh!
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 15:16:02 -0800
  ...This is approximate, because gasoline is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons, so I am basing this on the "average" gasoline molecule being heptane, which...
• Re: Propex alternative?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 4 Nov 2013 17:47:16 -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: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 4 Sep 2013 12:47:42 -0700
  ...the sniffer tests is that they are looking for >> un-burned hydrocarbons. In order for this to work in addition to the leak >> you...
• Re: Amish and polution
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 02:06:58 -0500
  ...Woodstoves these days tend to have some sort of catalytic converter on them, which helps with the hydrocarbons etc -- not sure it does much...
• Re: What does an oil analysis cost?
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:19:10 -0700
  ...Unburned hydrocarbons (over rich fuel mix) They also include averages for other engines of the same type, using data from their databases so that...
• Re: Continuing saga 82 aircooled 2.0l westy emission failure issues update
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:27:44 -0500
  ...It was about 4 times over on Hydrocarbons. I mentioned I had an auto mechanic instructor friend with a smoker who was going to...
• Re: pressure in cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Paul Cavanaugh
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 11:26:09 -0400
  ...My main shop says no excessive pressure is showing at this time (intermittent?) and no hydrocarbons showed up in the coolant test. He is...
• Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:09:36 -0500
  Using the emissions sniffer or even test solutions to look for hydrocarbons in the coolant is really limited. The leak has to be so...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:17:48 -0500
  ...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: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium? (Chemistry, beware!)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:36:47 -0800
  ...The mixture of shorter and longer chain hydrocarbons that result from the distillation of crude oil is then measured against the "octane standard." Since...
• Re: Running on Tap Water (was Re: Attention California Vanagonites)
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 07:53:21 -0500
  ...The result is a gas containing > one-third carbon monoxide and two-thirds (useless) nitrogen, plus small > amounts of unburned hydrocarbons, CO2 (undesirable) and...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:18:42 -0500
  ...remember that the current technology for manufacturing hydrogen is to crack >> >hydrocarbons... that's right, they still run (indirectly) on crude. >> >> >http://www.engr...
• Excessive Hydrocarbons
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 23 Sep 1995 23:10:36 -0700 (PDT)
  Volks, The 1800 in my '72 Westy is running even better than before. Except that it still will not pass smog. I took it...
• Re: emission testing problems
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Thu, 17 May 2001 22:50:53 -0600
  ...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: Broken New Engine, What is fair resolution?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:53:01 -0400
  ...and there is no coolant loss? Is there a test for Hydrocarbons that checks the coolant itself, rather than the gas found in the...
• Re: Heater booster thoughts?
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 23:41:39 -0300
  ...haven't needed any work on mine so far (knock on hydrocarbons). What I did for the tube, was replace it by an appropriately...
• Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 08:12:56 -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...
• waxoyl vs. LPS
  Historical mailing list - Russell G. Dushin
  Thu, 1 Dec 94 19:48:44 EST
  ...Aliphatic hydrocarbons could mean lotsa stuff, but here they probably mean a mixture of things like pentanes, hexanes, heptanes, octanes, nonanes, decanes, etc, etc...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:45:35 -0700
  ...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: EPA Abuse -- It gets worse !
  Historical mailing list - Erik C Peterson
  Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:04:09 -0800 (PST)
  ...have mandatory smog inspections. Smog is composed of three essential ingredients: Hydrocarbons, Nitrogens & Oxides, and sunlight. Sunlight accelerates the intensity of smog. We don...
• Re: "green" cars (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:40:50 -0500
  ...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: Hello, new here. Mechanic question
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:25:28 -0600
  ...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: Hello, new here. Mechanic question
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:25:44 -0600
  ...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: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 4 Sep 2013 16:01:07 -0700
  ...the sniffer tests is that they are looking for > un-burned hydrocarbons. In order for this to work in addition to the leak > you...
• Re: Head leak
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:17:02 +0000
  ...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: temp gauge shenanagins
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Jan 2012 23:19:20 -0500
  ...That includes un burned hydrocarbons from the head lifting under pressure or a cracked head. I have seen cracked heads in the exhaust ports...
• Re: Film of oil all over back hatch
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 18:30:45 -0800
  ...the mix....? Engine only occasionally adds the slightest bouquet of unburnt hydrocarbons to the oil. This gives its normal thick, oily petroleum flavor an...
• Re: Help for a guy in Belgium
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:10:09 -0500
  ...Thought -- check overflow tank for hydrocarbons with emissions sniffer. Yes = cylinder leak into coolant. In context, probably not an issue > Immediately I noticed two...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:31:48 -0700
  ...Calif Smog Issues > > Hi all: > > Took my '82 (Federal) to a Test Only station and > failed fairly > significantly > in the Hydrocarbons (HC) and Carbon...
• Re: help me understand US emissions control strategy.(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:01:48 -0700
  ...And of course.............unburnt gasoline hydrocarbons coming out of a tailpipe smell for sure - very unhealthy ..........spewing unbrunt HC into the very air we...