While emissions tests suck their main purpose is to identify gross polluters and you are definitely there. You have both a mixture problem at idle and one or more ignition, injection, or valve loose head problem. If all is well with working catalyst those readings should be near 0. Without or before the cat O2 should be below 1.2% and HC. Well below 200. 

Dennis 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Wyatt
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 2:42 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: The Dreaded Emissions test

> Howdy vanagonauts,  I'm having trouble getting my 1982 westy to pass
> Utah emissions.  Scary thing is that it has a new (3000 miles)
> aircooled 2.0 l FI engine.  I thought it would be no problem to pass.
> But NOT!!  I'm failing on the idle HC and CO.
> 
> Last Friday for the first try, the mechanic tested the engine cold and
> got HC at 469 (passing is 220 or less), and 2.83 on CO (passing is
> 1.2% or less)  The higher 2500 RPM test resulted in HC 203 and CO at
> 0.979 % which was passing just barely passing there.
> 
> I figured that it was just the cold engine.  So today I drove it until
> it was completely at operating temp quick thoughts on where to start
> or what to check?  The engine sounds perfectly VW to me.  The idle is
> running about 1100 and I'm wondering if that's slightly high.
> 
> It sure would be nice to go camping but no registration..............  No fun!!
> Ken Wyatt
> 82 westy