Failed Emissions Inspection. AGAIN!!!!!
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Failed Emissions Inspection. AGAIN!!!!!



Once again, I have failed my annual smog test! 935 HCppm @ idle, and 1135 
@ 2500 RPMs. Last year, I had to go thru this same fiasco, and performed yet 
ANOTHER 30K mile servicing. Plugs, wires, cap, rotor, ignition coil, balast 
resistor, and CO adjustment (plus a new Control Pressure Regulator from 
DMCH 2 months before). After that, the output was 11 ppm on the 
hydrocarbons. Now, a year later, I'm right back where I started!!!!! Other than 
regular oil changes & about 12K more miles on the clock, nothing, I repeat 
nothing has been done to the engine. So what gives. Yes, I know I need to 
pull a spark plug to check for fowling, but I am really sick and tired of having to 
tune the motor annually just to get it to pass. That an a line of incompetent 
mechanics before me scrwed up, and inserted 3 of the plugs in crooked! This I 
discovered the first time I did the servicing myself.

So the question is what can I do to get my car to pass emissions, and quick? 
Will a small CO adjustment take care of things?, and what about those 
gasoline additives that guarantee you to pass emissions testing? I know that 
there is no such thing as a mechanic in a bottle, but I am indeed curious as to 
just what in the hell do these chemicals do? I'm not trying to take the cheap 
way out of things here. It's just that I am exhausted on having to keep shelling 
out so much money every year.

Any help, or at least ideas would be greatly appriciated!

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"






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