Glad you passed with no additional expense.
Some might say California is living up to it's reputation.
Jerry (in Arizona, who used to live in California)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 9:18 PM
Subject: California Smog - '82 Vanagon

> Well, with a little help from the state of California, I passed smog.
>
> Recap:
>
> Failed smog fairly big-time back in Septemeber.  Had VW dealer set idle air
> mixture according to spec, put on a new catalytic converter and went for
> retest.  Just barely failed CO at 15 and 25 mph, everything else was OK.
>
> Applied to the state for assistance and it was granted.  Took the vehicle to
> a "Gold Shield" station.  On their "baseline" test I passed at 15 mph, and
> missed CO by .07% (!) at 25 mph.  Mysteriously, the fuel cap, which had
> passed at the "test only" station, failed!
>
> The state bought me a $41.47 (!) fuel cap and 2 hours @ $125 per hour to get
> the vehicle to pass.  No out-of-pocket for me as I'd already spent more than
> the Co-pay with the VW dealer.
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Tom Young
> Lafayette, CA 94549
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>