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Re: Fwd: Re: [T3]Emission's Results


On 18 Nov 2001, at 21:28, jim wrote:

> 
> --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:
> > On 18 Nov 2001, at 9:23, jim wrote:
> > 
> > >  I recently (10/31/2001) had an emissions test on my 69 Squareback
> > >  with a (mostly) 72 FI engine in Illinois.  Here are the results:
> > > 
> > >                My Readings      Standards for IL
> > >  HC            318              900
> > >  Hydrocarbons
> > > 
> > >  CO            5.4%             9.0%
> > >  Carbon Monoxide
> > > 
> > >  CO2           4.8%             NA
> > >  Carbon Dioxide
> > 
> > Were these the 1972 standards?
> 
> I'm not sure, these were the same standards my 1977 FI Beetle had to pass 6
> months earlier so I would guess in Illinois, older cars up to 1981 have the
> same, relatively lax, standards for emissions.  Cars built after 1981 have a
> different test for emissions which is why I'd guess 1967-1981 cars fall under
> the easier to pass test.

Yes, these sound like some kind of simplified standard that IL must use for 
older cars. I think the original EPA standards were probably tighter and they 
certainly changed a lot between 72 and 77.

-
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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