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- From: btwomey@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (william.tw0mey)
- Subject: excessive hydrocarbon emission
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: na
- Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 13:18:27 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Oct8.131827.11696@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- Summary: failed inspection, what should be done?
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- Here in NJ, my car failed inspection because of excessive hydrocarbon
- emissions. Thats unburned fuel, no? If not, what? What causes excessive
- it?
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- Its an 86 Isuzu Imark, 1.5l carburetted, 89K miles. (sound familiar?
- A few months ago when I posted, I had bucking/no power problems. It
- was the mixture control solenoid that was flakey)
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- The figure was 870, the limit was 250, I don't know the scale. The car
- does not seem to consuming oil. The plugs were dark and not dry-dry. They
- are less than 5000 miles old. Is this an uh-oh? Leaking valve guides
- or something like that? Wires and air filter have less than 10000 miles.
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- Could grungy valves be a culprit? Is dribbling water into the intake
- a good idea, to solve the problem or just for maintenance?
- Would burning a different fuel, or using an "emission helping" additive
- help?
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- Bill Twomey
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- bt@violin.att.com
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- Bill's Law on Netnews discussions:
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