Don't bet on a Diesel being exempt from emissions inspections. My
Caterpillar Powered Diesel Motor home gets one every year on Long
Island. They test for Nox, particulates, and opacity, (visible smoke).

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Jeffrey Vickers
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 5:00 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Diesel conversion and SMOG

What are the CA rules about putting a diesel in a non diesel Westy?
Can this be done legally here in Kalifornia? Sure would be nice not
to have to worry about SMOG checks ever again... not to mention all
the other diesel advantages.

Jeff / 87 Syncro Westy
On Dec 8, 2005, at 9:27 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Thu, 8 Dec 2005 09:00:55 -0800
> From:    John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Those dreaded 9 words...
>
>
>>   So I'm thinking maybe start with the TDI
>> conversion
>>
>
>
> I initially considered putting in a TDI after my factory original
> 170K+ mil=
> e
> 2.1 ate it, but individual slobs like us here in California are
> prety much
> SOL. Because of more stringent sulfur emission standards here, no
> new diese=
> l
> cars have been allowed allowed to be sold in California for some
> five years=
> .
> Never mind that it's the FUEL not the ENGINE causing the sulfur
> problem; an=
> d
> never mind that TRUCKS and FLEET VEHICLES are exempted; and never
> mind that
> PASSENGER CARS are a nearly inconsequential contributor to the diesel
> emmissions problem anyway(how many Golf TDIs does it take to equal the
> output of one diesel school bus?). At any rate, this means that
> pickin's ar=
> e
> mighty slim for used TDIs here in Kalifornia, and I'd hate to have
> to try
> and convince CARB that the state really is better off with a TDI in
> my van
> than that old wasserboxer...
> Hopefully low-sulfur diesel will get here soon. They've been
> dragging their
> feet on it for years.
>
> --
> John Bange