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Re: [T3] Emission test


<x-charset iso-8859-1>CO is fine; shows the carb is adjusted OK.  About 3% for carbs is the aiming
point, but that's close enough - I wouldn't lean it from that.

HC is a bit on the high side; a figure of a few hundred would show no
problems.  Something is stopping some of the fuel being burned.  Maybe
ignition isn't top-notch, valves need adjusting, or maybe compression is a
bit down.  Sometimes if the breather is passing some oil fumes, it is enough
to give a higher reading (not sure if it should make it that high).  It
might just need new plugs, or points adjustment etc.  Could be a valve not
sealing too well; try a compression test to see if there's a potential
problem there.

There might be a better burn at a few more revs, so speeding the idle up a
bit might be worthwhile.


Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Parker-Durost" <ginpete@xprt.net>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 12:28 AM
Subject: [T3] Emission test


>     I went down to the Oregon DEQ for a voluntary emission test.  They
> inspector said anyone can do a voluntary (and free) test, even out of
> state.  Phillip "passed", but I'm not sure what I'm looking at for
> tuning purposes.  There was an idle test and a 2000-2500 RPM test.
> However, although you could see the readout on the monitor during the
> test, the only results on the printout appear to be at idle.  The
> standards are appropriate for 1966, although the inspector didn't know
> if that was really just the min. req. for a 1978 model to pass (the
> oldest required under law).
> RPM:   599 @ idle and 2270 @ elevated
> Standard------------------>Reading (at idle?)
> HC PPM Max: 1600------>1138
> CO (%) Max: 7.00-------->3.57
> CO+CO2 (%) Min: 6.0--->6.5
>     The car is a stock single port 1600 with 009 dizzy.  It looks like
> I should increase the idle a little, but what else?
>
> Peter Parker
> '66 Square; Phillip
> Portland, OR
>
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