Re: [DMCForum] Failed emissions...

[Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@xxxxxxx>]

Have you tried that "Guaranteed to pass" stuff? It's about $6 a bottle. 
Might be worth a shot.

Farrar

Andrew wrote:
> I think I saw this one coming.  I disabled my idle speed ECU a couple of 
> months ago because the car wouldn't idle smoothly with it running, and 
> then forgot all about it before dropping the car off for inspection.  Of 
> course, it failed idle emissions pretty badly--hydrocarbons and CO.
> 
> I talked to the head tech at the shop and told him where the microswitch 
> is to get the idle ECU to kick on, so he's going to go push it and see if 
> the car magically passes.
> 
> He says if that doesn't work, he wants to lean out the system until it 
> passes (and then he obviously doesn't care what I do with it once I get it 
> back).
> 
> He's a capable guy who has worked on some DMCs before, although never on 
> the DMCH performance engine.  He knows his stuff, though.  Think I should 
> let him do it, or tell him hands off?
> 
> -andrew
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