today is my lucky day

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:56 pm

this day last year i passed my saftey and emmissions tests for the year. today after nearly a month of agonizing, buying a cat that i dont even need, and a 150 worth of tune up items i have now passed my tests once again.

it ran cleaner than it did last year with the exception of o2% and co at 2500 rpm.

the trick was to raise the idle to around 900 since it was down around 600 and the fuel was unburnt sending my HC's thorugh the roof.

so with a catless exhaust and a bigger turbo the sube runs clean as a whistle.

206er · Post by **206er** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 1:22 am

catless turbo and still passed? that is great news

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:06 am

yep not cats and it still passed. it took a few tries adn some fidiling but it worked

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:11 am

I'm glad you passed the emissions screening, but I think you should still try to figure out why your engine is misfiring at the correct idle speed.

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:30 am

i never said it was misfiring. just that at the low idle speeds its dumping fuel to keep it alive

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:38 am

Unburnt hydrocarbons don't keep an engine alive. The engine should be burning pretty much all the fuel that's injected when it's idling and not cold.

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:42 am

beats me, the manual says the idle speed is =-700 but suposedly at this altitude its suposed to be a little higher. either way the fix brought the HC's down form 500 to 91.

legacy92ej22t · Post by **legacy92ej22t** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:50 am

Congrats on the pass.

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:14 pm

I just passed yesterday, too. Although that's not unexpected news, considering everything on my car's stock.

Yay for clean burning cars!

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:05 am

I dont have to do emissions.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:43 am

We go 2 years. I've got 1 year left before I go in again.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:24 pm

MA does the same thing - emissions every other year, safety every year. I thought they stopped emissions at 15 years, but someone told me that's no longer true. Guess I find out next year if I get one.

Steve

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:42 pm

We don't have saftey inspections, only on purchase of a vehicle.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:23 am

Safety is relative to where you go and what you drive.

Steve

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:02 pm

Laurel, you don't have to do emissions? How come? I don't get it..

206er · Post by **206er** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 7:18 pm

I think its related to what county youre in. Ive heard you can get a PO box in some county that doesnt require emissions, and register your car there. no idea if it actually works

Laurel, Kenmore is King county right? if so then what gives.
When I go turbo I'd like to not have any emissions

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:20 pm

My car is registered at my mother's house in Olympia... Thurston County.

Project_Legacy · Post by **Project_Legacy** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:20 am

LoL. cheater.

so thurston county doesnt do emissions eh??

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