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SMOG Check II: A knife in the back

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Subject: SMOG Check II: A knife in the back
From: PHILIPPE TUSLER <TUSLER@mp050.mv.unisys.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 13:26:08 -0700 (PDT) (20:26 UT)
Well, Tintin has just failed his third pre-check.  I got the hydrocarbons
way down, the the CO is way up and nothing I
do seems to have any effect.  No seems to be able to tell me what
affects CO emissions.
An additional note:  The SMOG Check II web site and the Automobile club
of So. Cal. both made assurances that the specifications for a particular
year would not change.  Here are the limits for my check four years ago
(I can't find the one from two years ago, but the idle limits were the same:

                         1993        1997
Hydrocarbons, Idle       1200ppm     600ppm
CO, Idle                 6.50 %      5.50 %

Hydrocarbons, 2000 rpm   N/A         500ppm
CO, 2000 rpm             N/A         4.5 %


Gee, does it look like anything has changed?  I sure can't tell....
Can anyone help me pin this high CO problem down?  I have reduced
compression in #3 cylinder (100lbs as opposed to 150lbs in the others).
Would that contribute?

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*Philippe Tusler - Mission Viejo, CA     | "MILOU"    '57 MGA Roadster *
*A-Mail:   <TUSLER@MP050>                | "TINTIN"   '66 MG/MGB-GT    *
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