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Re: Re[2]: SMOG Check II: A knife in the back

To: PHILIPPE TUSLER <TUSLER@mp050.mv.unisys.com>,
Subject: Re: Re[2]: SMOG Check II: A knife in the back
From: Jay Quinn <jpquinn@cyberramp.net>
Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 16:30:07 -0500
OK!  1st the Waco comment:  It does seem to follow a pattern.  If your
religeon or belief isn't BATF or Gov. approved, they will move in and kill
you.

Now!  The emmission thing.  Go somewhere else and talk to the emission
checker before they stick it in your pipe.

I just had my truck pass the emission today.  Last 2 years it's been real
shaky.  Went to the same guy as last year who really fooled around with it
to make it pass by the hair of it's chinny chin chin.

This time, passed first shot, super low bad stuff out the pipe.

Why? What did I do?  Last 2 oil changes I have switched to 100% pure
synthetic and I doped the gas with Slick 50 Emission Passer.  Tossed it in
the tank and drove 10 miles and passed the test with better results than
when it was new.

Q

At 01:23 PM 5/1/97 -0700, PHILIPPE TUSLER wrote:
>>
>>Philippe:
>>
>>Saw an review in one of the British Car Magazines (C&SC I think) about a
>>gas tank additive that guarantees passing any smog check. Ever heard of it?
>>Might be an option, but might only be available in UK.
>>
>>Bill
>>62 MGB
>
>Yes, actually I just dumped a bottle of it into my tank yesterday, at
>the behest of one of my collegues who failed previous to using it, and
>passed afterwards.  It is called, amazingly enough, "Guaranteed to pass"
>and offers double your money back if your unmodified car doesn't pass.
>Right now, poor Tintin is running like S**T!!!  What with being retarded
>(Sorry: "timing challenged") and leaned out.  The car parts counter-person
>and ex-pollution checker recommended going to a hotter plug, so I put in
>Champion RN11YC, instead of the usual RN9YC.  The question of hotter
>plugs got me thinking, though: Tintin has been running cool for quite
>some time, now.  I was assuming that the thermostat was stuck open.
>If the engine block is at 170 degrees instead of the 185-190 that it
>usually runs at, that could certainly affect the combustion, and
>perhaps the CO level!  Tonight I'm putting in a hot (195degrees)
>thermostat to see what happens.  Meanwhile I have to drive 150 miles
>for the GTP to do its magic.
>
>I'm really starting to get depressed.
>The attitude of the smog check guys doesn't help, either.  They all seem
>delighted that there's an effort to get old cars off the road, and they
>don't want to have high emissions vehicles on their machines because
>they 'clog the expensive filters.'
>
>I'm beginning to understand the people at Waco and others that attempt
>to barricade themselves from the government.
>
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>*Philippe Tusler - Mission Viejo, CA     | "MILOU"    '57 MGA Roadster *
>*A-Mail:   <TUSLER@MP050>                | "TINTIN"   '66 MG/MGB-GT    *
>*InterNet: TUSLER@MP050.MV.unisys.com    | "N/A"      '88 ISUZU Trooper*
>************************************************************************
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>
>
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