Bob, congrats on your new van.  Regarding smog testing a Syncro,
don't worry.  They don't dyno test it.  I'm in Vancouver, BC where
we have emissions testing, along with the dyno test.  They can only
do an idle test for the Syncro or any all wheel drive vehicle.  Just be
alert when you take it in.  I usually drive the van across the dyno
and stop so that the back wheels are about a foot away from the
dyno, and put the brake on.  This is my hint.  It usually works.

Harry.

> Hi all,
>
> I've received my new '89 Westy Syncro, and it's every bit as wonderful as
> I thought it would be...
>
> I'm in the process of making it legal, and I noticed something in the
> manual that worries me a little...on page 73, in the "Vehicle Operation"
> section, it reads:
>
> "Performance testing
>
> If the Vanagon/Transporter Syncro requires testing on a dynamometer
> (engine output analysis and brake test) the transaxle drive shaft must be
> disconnected.
>
> The differential lock must not be engaged."
>
>
> Does anyone know whether the two-speed dyno emissions tests would also do
> whatever they're worried about in the paragraph above? I don't think
> Virginia has replaced all of the emissions stations with dynos yet, but
> they're planning on it, and I don't want to be surprised.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Bob, KE4GDC
> 89 Westy Syncro

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Harry Yates, Langley, BC, Canada
'90 Syncro Westfalia www:   http://dssweb.bcit.bc.ca/hyates
'87 Golf Diesel      email: hyates@bert.cr.bcit.bc.ca