ok, so thats the law. got it.

now, if you needed to pass a smog test and the results were the only thing
that mattered, could you do just a CAT or does the EGR do so much that you
need that as well in order to pass?

I dont care about the legality, I can take it somewhere that will just test
it without doing a visual inspection to be sure all of the original pieces
are there.

cr

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Olmstead" <tim@CWO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: CAT vs EGR (or both?)

> If you are in CA you need to have all the emissions components that came
> on the vehicle from the factory. After you have them they need to function
> properly :)
> Believe it or not even the exempt (1975 and earlier) vehicles are required
> to have all of the emissions equipment that they were born with. These
> vehicles are only exempt from bi-annual testing not from emissions
> standards. Example: if you had a 1973 VW Westfalia that was noticeably
> smoking and a police officer pulled you over and wrote you a ticket you
> would eventually receive a notice to take your vehicle to an emissions
> test station. If they found you did not have all the emissions equipment
> and you could not afford to purchase, install and make functional, the
> SoCA could require you to crush your vehicle. Sad to say though true.
>
> Tim
>
>> Is there anyone out there passing CA smog without the EGR stuff in place?
>>
>> maybe just a nice tight exhaust system and a brand new CAT would do the
>> trick, or should I just start working now to find all of these parts?
>>
>> I need a crossover pipe, CAT, and all of the EGR stuff currently. (thats
>> whats missing anyway)
>>
>> the EGR stuff is all blocked off, almost looking like it never came with
>> it,
>> but from the Mcode I guess it did at some point.
>>
>> I just wasnt sure if one of those systems would be effective enough in
>> reducing emitions to warrant skipping the other.
>>
>> thanks for any leads
>>
>> cr
>>
>>
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