Re: Failed emissions!!!

["Adam 16683" <acprice1@xxxx>]

My car is still failing emissions! However it is definately better 
than before. CO is in control, and HC failed by 0.2!! I dialed in the 
CO as best as I can get it with my dwell meter, its hovering right at 
30, oscillating between 28~32. With my CO dialed in my car idles 
rougher, and is even worse during warm-up, which is why I enrichened 
it in the first place. 

Here some things I have found: the dwell meter reading drops 
considerably when the cooling fans activate. The engine oscillation 
doesnt change, I am sure it just has something to do with voltage 
drops or something. 

Also when the cooling fans activate there is a whining sound from the 
engine somewhere, almost sounds like a vacuum leak, but only when the 
fans are on! 

And finally a question about emissions: Is NOx inversely proportional 
to the HC and CO. It seems that as I decrease CO and HC, the NOx is 
higher, and vice versa. 

Thanks everyone! adam

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Adam 16683" <acprice1@xxxx> wrote:
> Thanks Andy and Harold. I think you are right that I may not have 
> adjusted the mixture how I thought I did. I am going to do what 
Andy 
> said and get me a dwell meter!
> 
> Thanks for the help!
> Adam Price
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote:
> > In a message dated 10/21/2003 7:33:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> acprice1@xxxx writes:
> > 
> > > My car failed emissions for THC and CO. It passed for NOx. 
> > > 
> >> 
> > Now that i finally understand the dwell meter use, let me try to 
> help you.
> ..> good luck - it took me 3 years and i'm only now getting my idle 
> straightened out the way it should be. but it's worth it to know 
> everything is working AOK.
> > 
> > Andy