[DML] Re: Failed CA Emissions UPDATE (still bad)

["Marv Hein" <marvhein@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

According to his recent post, Chris Almy and I both failed our first 
smog tests due, most likely, to thermostats that were stuck open.  

We both passed on the second try. Mine was only twenty minutes 
later, as the guy at the second shop took so long trying to find the 
car in his computer ("Who makes that?") that the cooling fans came 
on.

Is your temp gauge is running right around the 1/4 mark?

Marv
#10820
AZ-D  

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "valleyrat12" <valleyrat12@xxxx> 
wrote:
>
> Hello gang,
> 
> Well, I am at wits end and more or less at the end of my 
> mechanical ability. I performed a full tune up including new 
> cap/rotor, wires, spark plugs, new cat, new O2 sensor. My car 
> runs great, good acceleration, pretty good idle (hunts a little 
bit 
> 100 rpm or so) STILL FAILED SMOG!!
> 
> I am going to take the car the Garden Grove and have the guys 
> do their thing again.  They are really nice and understanding 
> about this whole thing I must say.  
> 
> Any more ideas out there? The smog tech said that he thought it 
> could be a small timing problem or that the car was not totally 
> warmed up.  I only failed the NOx portion again, barely. Ill post 
> the results later tonight.   I thought NOX was from HIGH ignition 
> temps, not from a cold engine.  BTW, none of these smog 
> people have even seen a Delorean before; they look at it like it's 
> a space ship or something.  Could they be doing the test 
> wrong??  
> 
> Very frustrated
> 
> Nathan Sobieralski
> 2277
>










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