At 11:22 AM 7/23/2009, Melissa Mourkas wrote:
>make an offer.  Does anyone know if all Vanagons came with CA
>emissions by 1984 or were there still Vanagons sold with Federal
>emissions systems?  How can I tell if the owner doesn't know?  I sold

There's a sticker on the relay box over the ignition coil unless my
memory is sadly mistaken that says what it's certified for.  If it's
not there it's nearby -- that's how I knew that mine (which was
delivered in Germany) was a CA-rated vehicle.  The idle stabilizer
box just forward of the coil is a different color (I think the CA one
is lightish green, vs black for the Federal) and idles 50 rpm higher
than the Federal one.  Seems to me that Bentley says the CA vans got
the big filter aft of the fuel pump, but mine did not have one.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"