Strange but true, I have seen the same thing with my '85 in both Ohio and Texas.  By comparison my '89 Civic and '95 Accord are pretty nasty.  Either VW stumbled upon a near perfect engine or the folks that make and/or run the emissions testing equipment are less than perfect.

Chuck
'85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo'

In a message dated Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:11:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM> writes:

<< Are you saying you had NO measurable carbon monoxide in your exhaust at 2500
rpm????

Dave in KC
85 Westy
http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1

----- Original Message -----
From: Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:20 PM
Subject: '91 Carat smog test results

>          2500 rpm
>                     MAX allowable      Average     Measured   Result
>          CO %           1.00            00.10        0.00      PASS
>
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