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Subject:'91 Carat smog test results
From:Ari Ollikainen
Date:Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:20:08 -0700
As I drove into Precision Auto Tune in Palo Alto this morning
        to get my wife's Carat its bi-annual the smog test, the service
        writer greeted me with:

        "I dunno...sounds like it's missing. Probably won't pass..."

        Not exactly very encouraging words. I told him that Vanagons
        (at least mine) have a lumpy idle and that I was sure that this
        particular vehicle would pass with flying colors (having
        personally performed a tune-up, oil change and a number of
        coolant leak fixes, as well as setting the timing and idle speed
        a few weeks ago...).

        After the test, he said:

        "Looks like it passed after all! We had one in here earlier in the
        week that..."

        Here are the numbers:

         2500 rpm
                    MAX allowable      Average     Measured   Result
         HC ppm         0180            0020         0024      PASS
         CO %           1.00            00.10        0.00      PASS
         CO2                                         14.6
         O2                                            .2
         RPM                                         2527

        IDLE RPM
                    MAX allowable      Average     Measured   Result
         HC ppm         0120            0030         0023      PASS
         CO %           1.00           00.10         0.03      PASS
         CO2                                         14.3
         O2                                           0.6
         RPM                                         0890

        Wonder what the results would have been with a fresh O2 sensor?
        Oh, yeah...the Carat has 109K miles on it.

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