Yeah, I'm fortunate to live in a rural county where all my neighbors seem to
own tractors. With the exception of my F350, seemingly ALL the one-tonne
trucks around me have "stacks" and "blow coal". My truck blows coal but it's
hidden underneath and I don't advertise my sympathies for the loss of the
Prophet Dale.
In all seriousness, I don't have a problem with emissions testing provided that
it's done intelligently. Unfortunately the execution was so poor by the
Federal Government that there are countless loopholes for virtually every
vehicle on the planet. Some vehicles used the CEL as an early warning system
(thank you VAG) while others used the CEL as a "If it fell off the car, throw a
light" (thank you Honduh). Unfortunately the standards are so widely variable
until recently that it's almost funny.
On Monday, April 25, 2016 1:00 PM, Holland Phillips
<[email protected]> wrote:
Gee Matt, all this time I thought you lived in the U.S.! ;-). Seriously,
California is, and has been from the beginning of the smog era, thanks to CARB,
just the absolute worst when it comes to emissions testing. And unfortunately
for the rest of the country, many states have followed suit, and more join the
party all the time. My guess is that in the too near future, the whole thing
will become federalized. ~HollandOn Apr 25, 2016 09:45, "'Matthew Yip' via
MK2-16v" <[email protected]> wrote:
What a saga!! I'm glad I don't live in a communist country where smog
inspections are run by Nazis.
On Monday, April 25, 2016 12:31 PM, Holland Phillips
<[email protected]> wrote:
Congratulations! Persistence always pays off in the end. I think most of the
smog guys these days are so used to the OBD2 cars, that when someone shows up
with an older vehicle like yours, it's just a thorn in their shorts that they
don't want to deal with, so they treat you like crap so you'll just go away.
~HollandOn Apr 25, 2016 09:21, "damac2004" <[email protected]> wrote:
looks like i forgot to update my thread. i ended up leaving the second knock
sensor hooked up to the engine which was between cylinder 2 and 3. never
detected any pinging on this car. drove the hell out of it, it seems happy at
current timing and isn't hesitating when i stomp on the pedal. car is
definately slower without those mods, i thought they were bs.
i went to the 4th smog shop that also did repairs and pleaded for help to find
out why these other shops were jerks to me and kept telling me about the check
engine light.
this guy was nice, listened to what i had to say and took my smog test out to
his tech. he said the light and egr stuff was seperate, that i had a federal
emissions car and the light wasn't applicable but he saw other cars from this
generation that needed a light and thought it was interesting. he smogged me
on the spot and i passed!
i don't think this bigger repair shop did me any favors? but i'm glad to
finally have it done. nobody could really answer why some shops said this car
needed a light. one shop saw my fail and freaked on me saying i needed a light
blindly and wouldn't even look it up. moral of the story is find a good shop
when it comes to any kind of service. you can't believe these guys at face
value.
thanks for all the help!!!
i know i was freaking out since it was just me working on all this stuff. i
really hate these gassers and can't wait to get to my mtdi conversions, never
will buy an old gasser again!
On Friday, April 8, 2016 at 9:49:28 PM UTC-7, hollandphillips wrote:
It may not see any codes until you put some miles on it. If the block has 2
knock sensors, it's a 9A block. The Motronic ECU wants to see both sensors. The
previous owner has left you a real mess. As I said before, I would just find a
test station that offers free retests and go for it. You really don't have any
other options at this point. The reduced power and smoother idle is probably
due to the stock cams. ~HollandOn Apr 8, 2016 20:31, "damac2004"
<[email protected]> wrote:
anybody know how long it should take to throw a code? i just warmed the car up
one cycle on the driveway and it didn't throw any codes after, i'm guessing i
have to go take it on a nasty drive?
i am close to taking it in for smog. i had to go back and trace wires, etc.
and fix previous owner crap. i was worried about the moving timing light so i
got another distributor, cap, rotor and wires with the #4 sensor that i didn't
have, and the car still wanders with the light making it hard for me to get
exact :( i tried to leave it in a happy spot based on sound.
it turns out i have 2 knock sensors attached to the block. #1 inbetween 1 and
2 cylinders. then #2 between 2 and 3!!! i'm guessing this is incorrect no
matter the engine and either it gets one over on the left side, or a second one
to the right of the breather? this is probably going to confused the car if i
leave it as is?
they had #2 sensor hooked up correctly to the harness. but they hooked #1 up
to the ignition reference sensor from #4 spark plug, and they cut the harness
side of #1 knock sensor. that damn car really did run great to me, it was
faster then than it is now, just a
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