[Healeys] Emissions Compliance in New Jersey

[richard mayor]

Here's a trick that worked for me when Oregon first went to emissions testing.
My car failed the test.  On a friends's advice I bought a can of "gas line
anti-freeze" and added it to the tank.  Drove around a bit and went back to
DMV.  The car passed. Not sure now what was in the stuff but it supposedly
made things run hotter.

> From: rca53 at columbia.edu
> To: Healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:32:56 -0400
> Subject: [Healeys] Emissions Compliance in New Jersey
>
> The State of New Jersey has changed it's regulations so that cars older
than
> 25 years are no longer eligible for "Collector Vehicle" status, a status
which
> requires no emissions compliance but limits usage to no more than 3,000
miles
> per year (which is not a problem for me).  As a result, the Motor Vehicle
> Commission has refused to renew my Collector inspection sticker for my 1966
> BJ8.  My status choice now is: 1) "Antique" status, which has no emissions
> inspection but requires the infamous "QQQ" plates and theoretically limits
> usage to parades and club events, or 2) regular license plates and
satisfying
> emissions standards.
>
> So, as soon as the DVM refused the renewal, I decided to see if my 1966 BJ8
> (with electronic ignition) could pass the emissions inspection
(theoretically
> against some 1966 standard), fully expecting it to fail, which it did.  My
> questions:
>
> 1.  Is it at all possible that an Austin Healey can pass an emissions test
in
> New Jersey?
>
> 2.  The "failure" was in the "idle" test with the following results:
>
>  *   Hydrocarbons parts per million: tested 1476 versus standard of 1400
> (seems pretty close)
>  *   Carbon monoxide (CO) percent: tested at 10.15% versus standard of 8.5%
> (not sure if that is close)
>
> I'd appreciate some suggestions on how to reduce both "hydrocarbons" (which
I
> presume is largely unburned fuel) and CO.
>
> My first (only) thoughts:
>
>  *   Increase idle speed
>  *   Adjust carbs to leanest possible mix
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
> It doesn't cost me anything to retake the emissions test (other than time),
so
> I'd like to be able to go through inspection, make some screw driver
> adjustments in the inspection station parking lot and go through again and
> again until I "pass."
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob Atkinson
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