"Too many Vanagons clogging up the roads anyway"

In 13 years, I've only seen three other Vanagons in Arizona and one had CA plates. 

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 From: Project Pat <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: Failed emissions for third time
 

Junk it.� Too many Vanagons clogging up the roads anyway.

Or, maybe try getting the injectors cleaned.� Good spray patterns promote
better combustion.
You could try a miracle-in-a-can fix, like Seafoam.
How old are your plugs and ignition components?� Did you do a spark
intensity test?� Compression test?

Lots of stuff to tinker with on these old vans...

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
David M
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 4:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Failed emissions for third time

I posted a while back about my 1987 Vanagon failing the AZ emissions on CO
and NOX levels.
The place I took it to said it was running rich and they adjusted the timing
and mixture. Then th