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Subject:Re: Adjustments to help 81 Air Cooled Westy pass emissions?
From:neil N
Date:Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:57:06 -0800

Thanks Richard.

No cat on this puppy, (not sure if required up here) but for sure I'll
get er' up to operating temp. One reason I'[m sure some vehicles fail.
Warm but not up to temp.

Neil.

On 12/3/07, Richard A Jones <jones@colorado.edu> wrote:
> Neil:
>
> I have an '81 manual here in Colorado.  For many
> years I had an empty cat and just barely passed
> Colorado emissions (CO, HC, NOx)--but I did.
>
> Then I put a new cat in and sailed by.  If BC's
> limits are similar to Colorado's, you should have
> no problem with a good cat and hot engine.
>
> Richard
>

--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
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