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Subject:Re: passed emissions
From:Robert Keezer
Date:Sat, 6 Mar 2004 09:45:48 -0800

Congratulations to you ! But alas,  I my test failed.

Results: HC- 482 ,idle, limit 220.  The other readings at cruise and idle
passed.
The engine is a '95 Golf Motronic 4-cylinder.

My spark plugs wires and cap are new and there are no air leaks.

Could be dirty injectors or carbon build-up causing rough idle.

Compression is over 200 (10:1 comp ratio engine)

What can cause such high emissions at idle that I haven't mentioned?

Robert

1982 Westfalia

----Original Message Follows----
From: Jim Morgan <JM060356@AOL.COM>
Reply-To: JM060356@AOL.COM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: passed emissions
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:09:41 EST

It is a good day.
My van with 209,000.0 miles on an engine with leaky heads passed emission
test. : )
Now I am going out to buy a lottery ticket and try to keep the good karma
flowing.
As follows the results     HC  75.4ppm     limit is 179.0 ppm
                                     CO  0.85%                     2.22%
                                      NO 2072.1 ppm            2457.0 ppm
                                      CO/2   14.25%

Now i can take my time and work on the leaky heads. ( we have 2 years
between
tests in Ohio)

Jim Morgan 86 Gl
209,000.0 "bread box"
Westlake,Ohio
jm060356@aol.com

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