Nothing illegal about a little tuning in between tests. I'll have to do it
again next year, and can practice in the meantime. At this point what ever
works, it will be $30 for the tests, by the time I pass, plus what ever I
end up with on parts. Thanks,
Jane
'67 GT6
>On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, Jack I. Brooks wrote:
>
>> >Well folks, the GT6 failed emmissions again here in Colorado. What would
>> >make it passable (under 1000 hydrocarbons) at 2500 rpms, and fail at idle
>> >(923ish rpms)? I changed the spark plugs, and oil, added a quart of
>> >marvel mystery oil, and blew out the air filters. I would have had new
>> >air filters but the parts place is having operator error problems. If
>> >anyone has any suggestions let me know. Thanks, Jane
>>
>> Jane and others,
>>
> Maybe you could set the car to run lean for the test (Mechanical
> engineers, whadiya think)? Then reset the mix after... But, that...
> would be dishonest... and we wouldn't advise you to do anything like
> that... Would we?:)
>
>
>
>gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
> "That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
>Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
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