[Shotimes] what is a "smog pump"?

[David Nesbit]

I wonder which engine it is for?  I had an 88 SLO that I put over 400,000
miles on.  It had a 3.0 liter, but just the plain one.  The whole car was
plain Jane.  It did not have a smog pump.  I have never seen one on a Ford
either.
David
94ATX&91
----- Original Message -----
From: "James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net>
To: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] what is a "smog pump"?


> On GM cars of the 80s they used a pump to inject air into the exhaust
> manifolds to help burn any unburned fuel, thus reducing emissions.  I
didn't
> know Ford did that too.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 11:04 PM
> Subject: [Shotimes] what is a "smog pump"?
>
>
> > On eBay I spotted a "smog pump" for an 88 Taurus.
> >
> > What's a smog pump?  What does it pump?  How does it reduce emissions?
> Just
> > wondering.
> >
> > VO
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