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Subject:Re: smog check figures
From:Aristotle Sagan
Date:Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:36:43 -0700

William,
I hope you get a better response than I did.
One note, stating I was lucky to find a shop that did pretesting (It's the
law now in California, they have to allow an off the record test cycle).
Congratulations on passing. I am trying to figure out if this is the time to
dump all my vanagons and get on with real life. *L*

tim o'brien
san jose, ca

84 WBX (~500 ppm HC @ idle)

>Just went to get the leaker smogged.  Passed with flying colors but the
>mechanic did comment about a couple things.  Here are the figures.  I would
>like some of the experts on the list to evaluate them.
>
>2386 RPM
>HC = 11
>C0 = 0.00
>CO2 = 14.4
>O2 = 0.6
>
>IDLE, 969 RPM
>HC = 17
>CO = 0.00
>CO2 = 9.4
>O2 = 7.3
>
>William

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