Today in Quesnel they had a road-side "Air Care" facility setup - free
inspection and report with no questions asked and no fines handed out.  Cool
I thought... so I took my Syncro Westfalia Joker to the place and did the
smog test.  It is equipped with a 112hp high compression ratio 2.1L motor
with no O2 sensor or catalitic converter.  I passed!  I though the stats
were a little high, but a pass is a pass none the less.

CO      1.716%
HC      342ppm

Pass for a >1.8 to 2.6L motor from 1982 to 1987 was 4.35% CO and 380ppm HC -
I think those specs are too high personally.

JFYI here are the passing grades for a the displacement of a Vanagon:

YEAR                    CO              HC
1982 - 1987             4.35%           380ppm
1988 - 1995             0.85%           110ppm
1996 - 2003             0.55%            85ppm

Big jump from 1987 to 1988!  I will take my van back to the place tomorrow
armed with an allen key and see if I can get the CO down to the 1988-1995
level and see what happens to the HCs at that point... should be
interesting!

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

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