Paul Rische wrote:
>
> 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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oh no....I need to smog my Series V soon, If you pass yours, please post
the fix for us in the smog test loop. Did you say you're not running the
Srombergs?
Sergio
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