The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Attn: LUCID - Smog Success! 200 1985

posted by  DaJet on  Tue Mar 22 08:28 CST 2005
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Tue Jul 3 10:50 CST 2007
[RELATED]

Hehe,

I had posted re: my girlfriends 85 240 failing the CA 'Test Only' Smog test.
When my GF took the car back for a re-test today, the tech asked her: what the
heck did u do to it???

well, here is the reason why he was asking:


HC went from 126 to 16
CO went from 1.22 to 0.19
NO went from 2548 to 47

Here is a list of things I replaced & fixed. I only wish I knew what made the biggest difference...

1. New Catalytic conv. (the old one was gutted!)
2. Changed oil & filter
3. Replaced plugs, cap & rotor
4. replaced air filter
5. new flame trap
6. Cleaned throttle body
7. Jammed the flap in air box to 'cool' air (was stuck in 'hot')
8. Plugged vacuum hose to ignition module
9. retarded the timing a couple degrees
10 Replaced vacuum hose between throttle body & charcoal can.

Cost of parts about $200 (incl. 4qt.Mobil 1)

Anyway, thanks again for the help, much appreciated!

JJ

btw - the car over 225K miles





USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.