>Yesterday I went to have my California smog test done and am now it
>appears I am
>in Smog Check Hell! I tuned up my 67 series 5 using colortune and had it
>running great! I talked to the smog tech about a pre-test to make sure it
>wouldn't end up a gross polluter. He said it seemed to be idling great and it
>shouldn't be a problem. he set it up temporaily on the machine and saw that the
>idle emissions were fine. So he hooked it up for real and went through the
>test. All of a sudden he got real quiet and I saw him pressing buttons on his
>machine. He said it came up listed as a "Potential Gross Polluter" and that the
>test could be completed but no certificate would be issued. Sacramento now had
>my car on its "most wanted list" and it would have to be fixed and tested and
>then brought to a referee station to be certified and then I would have to have
>the test done every year instead of every two years. (if it passes at the
>referee stations)
>
>The last two times I passed this test using a weber after failing twice with
>STrombergs. From looking at my last two passing tests it indicated that the
>only test that mattered was the idle test for hydrocarbons and CO. Apparently
>now the specs have changed because I failed on a high speed test that was not a
>part of the previous tests.
>
>Has anyone else had this happen? or Is my car to be the first Alpine "poster
>child" for the Anti-smog II campaign?
>
>I don't have any idea how to adjust anything other than idle adjustments. Any
>help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>I asked the technician if he could fix it. He said probably and then started
>talking about replacing jets in the weber. Well I left it there and walked home
>waving goodbye to my Alpine, wondering if I would ever see it again. Needless
>to say not much sleep last night. I only drive it on the weekends and haven't
>put more than 1000 miles on it each year for the past three years, so this is
>quite frustrating. So far I have done all the work on it myself for the past
>four years, learning as I go. But if the smog tech can't fix it, I fear I am up
>against the wall,
>
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Paul, I sold my series V last year and the new owner had the same problem
passing smog so he switched to electronic ign. and he said the cured the
problem and he passed with flying colors. I quess the points were the
culprit, he also had the weber DGV carb. Regards Armand Ritchie
ritchie(at)mcn.org
Armand & Lorie Ritchie
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