[s-cars] Failing the e-test?

[Dave Burig]

Minhea,

It's only a problem if you get caught.
I was once caught exceeding the speed limit.  Told the officer that I was
going so fast because I really had to take a sh!t and was trying to get to
the next rest stop.  Handed him a hundred dollar bill, and asked him if he
could mail me the paperwork.  He said he could.  Never heard from him again.
It's all in the presentation.
Funny how one Ben Franklin speaks so much louder than five Andrew Jacksons!
No offense intended, Andrew.Jackson!  Ha!

DB

-----Original Message-----
From: Mihnea Cotet [mailto:mik at info.fundp.ac.be]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:02 PM
To: Dave Burig; Andrew.Jackson at bmo.com; Brent Henry
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Failing the e-test?

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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