[urq] emissions

[Tony Lum]

At 02:24 PM 10/10/02 , you wrote:
>I'd second having the exhaust sniffed before even having the official
>testing done ... here in California you can get a pre-test done before the
>official one ... and in many cases they will roll the cost of the pretest
>into the emissions test ...
>
>... my tuppence ...
>Steve Buchholz
>San Jose, CA (USA)

Hi Steve,

CARB's gotten a lot tougher on the pretest.  Used to be "off the system"
but now the pre-test is fully logged by the state because there was a lot
of problems.  Don't know about other test stations, but I had to pay twice
to get the urq pre-tested and for the final "official run. The guy I take
it to is strictly by the book-it would cost him his license and his
business if he doesn't.  He showed me CA state newsletter showing a list of
technicians who had their license suspended for up to 3 years.  I was a
little paranoid having "tweaked" the mixture when I ran on the ATP 4 wheel
dyno.  In the end it still passed easily.  Last time he nailed me for a bad
seal on the locking gas cap, now I have a simple twist-on cap which I put
on every car before the test.

L8r,


-Tony
urq #DA900302