Subject: emissions repair questions for an 87 5ktcs

[Max Hoepli]

My 1986 like yours passed the emissions test 3 years ago. In Ontario it is
no longer necessary that this car pass emission tests. I will still though
want to maintain an efficient car.

Max

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Dave Yentema
Sent: May 3, 2008 16:23
To: Tom Winter; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Subject: emissions repair questions for an 87 5ktcs

lately i've been running the 93 octane that sunocco has. My car really likes

it, but not my wallet....

-Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Winter" <tom at freeskier.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Cc: <yentemad at rider.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 8:55 PM
Subject: Subject: emissions repair questions for an 87 5ktcs


>
>>Dave wrote:
>
>>Well first off, just wanted to say hi to all of you, as this is my first
> submission on here. I've got an 87 5ktcs that i just went to take through
> inspection today, and it failed for CO. The standard is .5, and i failed 
> with
> .56. The other numbers are 78 for HC (standard is 100) and 9.7 for CO2. I 
> hav
> been trying to get this car inspected since december, when it failed for 
> having
> a bad headlight. Since then everything has went wrong.
>
> Dave - Welcome, please ignore the "nostalgia" thread as some of us are not
> that old and it's a bit unnerving to see folks like Unka Bart and Huw
> getting all teary about the past. Those guys are usually pretty tough, 
> until
> this week. . .   ;-)
>
> What kind of gas are you running? These are great cars (owned two myself),
> but they need the expensive stuff. No, not the diesel (my baby's new 
> beetle
> TDI is costing, what $4 a gallon), but the super duper highest test you 
> can
> get at the pump stuff. Some may disagree with me, but fill 'er up with the
> $3.60 (well, that's what I paid today), get the engine totally warm and 
> then
> do a high speed, full boost, get it jiggy run.  IIRC, that fixed a similar
> problem for another lister a year (oh, so long ago) back.
>
> If you lived in Colorado, I'd say try to register your car on the western
> slope, as there's no emissions testing there, unlike the Front Range. (go
> ahead and shoot me, global warming contingent).
>
> Good luck,
>
> Tom '95 S6 Avant
>
> 

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