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Enough about the land of tofu, bean sprouts, and how to fail emissions, here's how to pass it!
Last year passed the low speed Nox by a whopping five points during the 15 mph test and by less that 100 on the 25 mph test. Knew that this year was not going to be a pass unless something was done. Three more stiff test until Inga is a "Classic". Inga is my mostly faithful 245DL Automatic with 245K and the test was in Texas.
Since last year, changed the entire exhaust including the cat. Had a kludge of junk under there, but no leaks. Also replaced the intake and exhaust manifold gaskets, found two of the exhaust under 3 and 4 were almost gone (but not leaking yet). Replaced the plugs and the wires, still have the original O2 sensor as far as I know. Cleaned the heck out of the engine, made sure all the vacuum lines were tight, and added a flame trap relocation kit.
Have the Vacuum line plugged up, did that before last years test. Have the air box thermostat removed, also did that before last years test.
Went down Saturday morning and this time the numbers on the 15mph limit was 1046 and actual of 604. The 25 mph limit was 976 and passed that with a 202! All the other numbers are really good also.
Yeah Baby!
Regards,
Paul
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