| Author |
Message |
308i80 (Lamont)
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2001 - 1:52 pm: | |
Putting a smaller pulley wheel on the smog pump helps a great deal, of course it pumps faster and more volume. |
Doug Meredith (Doug308)
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2001 - 7:28 am: | |
Yes, the car currently has a CAT on it. |
Craig Dewey (Craigfl)
| | Posted on Friday, March 30, 2001 - 6:52 am: | |
Does the car have a cat converter? HC are usually "burned" in the cat-- complete warmup of the cat conv would help... |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 11:25 pm: | |
The emission testing facilities up here in Vancouver, Canada are a joke. On my daily driver (which has to be tested, my Ferrari thankfully is exempt), I've gotten inconsistent readings every year. Logic would be that as a car gets older, it would pollute a little more (as systems decay). I've gotten worse results when I've replaced air filter/spark plugs/etc...one year, than when I've done nothing the next (and get better results). Sometimes if a car would fail, you'd drive out, go around the block for 15 min and test again and it'd pass! |
Warren E. Smith (Magoo)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 10:00 pm: | |
Doug, Put two bottles of 104+ OCTANE BOOST in your gas tank and run her through again. You can find it at any auto store like Pep Boys. Worked for me. MAGOO |
Doug Meredith (Doug308)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 9:36 pm: | |
I have only owned the car a few months, but after 1800 miles I have not had to add any oil. The car runs great. |
Ulf Modig (Ulf308qv)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 9:11 pm: | |
High HC can be caused by ignition problems or worn piston rings/valve guides (how much oil does your engine use?).
/Ulf |
BretM (Bretm)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 5:35 pm: | |
I have heard that letting your car really warm up, like driving for an hour or more before taking the test helps, but I don't know if it helps for hydrocarbons in particular.
Good Luck |
Doug Meredith (Doug308)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 4:27 pm: | |
my '84 308 QV failed the HC test at idle pretty bad and was pretty close on the loaded reading. It passed the CO test easily. Any suggestions on a remedy for the HC ppm? |
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