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Re: Owning a roadster in California may become illegal

To: SLBESQ@aol.com, 9laser3@bright.net, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Owning a roadster in California may become illegal
From: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:03:40 -0600
At 2:23 PM -0500 3/4/03, SLBESQ@aol.com wrote:
>the 67.5 (at least) had only PCV.  when i used to have to get my car smogged
>(early 90's), this was problematic.  the book says "PCV,"  which stands for
>"positive crankcase ventilation."  my car being stock at the time had the
>requisite vent in top of the valve cover, with hose to the air filter
>element.  the problem arose when the idiot at the smog test station began
>looking for a valve.  he (and others i approached) equated "PCV" with "PCV
>valve."  mine had no valve, and none i've seen have a valve, just the vent.
>no independent smog station would certify my car.  finally, the nissan dealer
>in studio city tested it and it passed.  they handed me my certificate and
>told me never to bring my car there again, and not to send any buddies with
>roadsters there either.

When I tried to take my 70 1600 t0 Universal City Nissan years ago, 
they wouldn't test it because it had no NOX device....What's a NOX 
device?

-Marc
In Texas now where it has to be inspected every year.  (The handbrake 
test always gets me nervous)

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