[s-cars] Failing the e-test?

[Mihnea Cotet]

LMAO, does that work in the US? Used to work here but now you can get 
seriously fined for such behavior....

At 14:04 23/01/2004 -0500, Dave Burig wrote:
>Brent,
>I've found that a $50 placed discreetly in the tailpipe helps every time!
>DB
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>From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Andrew.Jackson at bmo.com
>Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 1:10 PM
>To: Brent Henry
>Cc: audi20v at rennlist.org; s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com; eS2 at audifans.com;
>s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] Failing the e-test?
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>Just found my #'s:
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>2500rpm HC ppm limit: 300
>Result: 86
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>2500rpm CO% limit: 1.50
>Result: 0.79
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>Idle HC ppm limit: 300
>Result: 139
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>Idle CO% limit: 1.5
>Result: 0.44
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>ALJ
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>"Brent Henry" <thehenrys at sympatico.ca>
>Sent by: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>01/22/2004 08:55 PM
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>         To:     <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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>         Subject:        [s-cars] Failing the e-test?
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>I live in Ontario and here we have to do an emissions test every 2 years.
>This year, my car has failed the test.  Initially, I just took the car in
>thinking that it seemed to be running well, fuel consumption was normal,
>not burning any oil and the power curve seemed normal?
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>However, on the first test it failed on the Idle test for Hydro Carbons --
>approximately 50% higher then the limit.  So I have heard that cars test
>better if you take them for a long highway run before the test... so I
>took it out for a 40 minute highway run... it was good and hot, then I
>took it right into the e-test facility and they took it in 5 minutes
>later.  It tested considerably better, but still failed!  This time only
>about 20% above the limit.
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>So I called my mechanic and he said he had a sure fire way of passing
>those e-tests... he said to change spark plugs, change the oil, replace
>the air filter and then put in a liter of Methol Hydrate into a tank of
>Sunoco Ultra 94 gas.  He said if nothing else is wrong, then it should
>pass with flying colours!
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>Well I did all of that and it failed with even a lower Hydro Carbon
>reading at Idle, then the first test!  So now I am not sure what to?  The
>only other thing that I can think of is to change the Oxygen Sensor.  I
>had this sensor changed the last time I had an e-test 2 years ago.  It is
>one of those Bosch 31913 units that was spliced in (half the price of a
>sensor with the correct connector).
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>I have run the VAG-COM and it does not kickout any Fault codes?  So does
>anyone have any ideas on how to diagnose this problem?
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>Thanks,
>Brent.
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