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Subject:Re: No smog test problems!
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:08:38 +0100

Vernon Craddock wrote:

> Yippee
>
>         No problems with the smog cert. at all.  Emission readings well below the
> average passing vehicle and WAY below requirements!!!  Also, the smog cert.
> mech. did not notice or question the broken trap door behind the fuel tank
> nozzle restrictor.
>
> Happy Friday to all
> Vernon Craddock

The reason they put in the fuel filler trap door, is that this door wont let you fill
leaded gas on yur car. The un-leaded gas filler is thinnner than the leaded. It also
double as a valve to keep all your fuel from spilling, if you should be stupid enough
to place your car up side down.

PerL
88 Syncro (without trap door in filler)