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Subject:Re: Failed emissions for third time-Florida emmissions!
From:Dennis Haynes
Date:Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:24:16 -0400

Depends on County! I recall my brother in law in Coral Springs had to deal
with it.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
ANTONY MARSH
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 5:28 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Failed emissions for third time

Or move to FL. No tests. Wonderfull.

Sent from my digital leash

On Jul 19, 2013, at 16:42, Project Pat <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

> 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

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