[s-cars] Failing the e-test?

[Brent Henry]

Matt,

Thanks for the advice, I have heard that Techron is great stuff.... however,
do you have any idea where I can get some in Canada?  We do not have any
Chevron gas stations north of the boarder?

Thanks,
Brent.


----- Original Message -----
From: "matt ludwig." <matt.ludwig2 at verizon.net>
To: "Brent Henry" <thehenrys at sympatico.ca>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Failing the e-test?


> Just a thought Brent,
>
> but have you considered running a nice high octane tank ( i bet it is
> still enough in there) with a bottle of CHevron Techron? Several other
> listers here swear by it and it may just be enough to clean up those
> injectors and run a bit hotter and blow all the miniscule amount of
> crap out that may be causing you to fail.
>
> if there isn't anything else going wrong, your car should pass no
> problem. I would try the Techron next and the new O2 sensor cannot hurt
> anything as well.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> matt ludwig.
> 1995.5 s6 avant
>
>
>
> On Jan 22, 2004, at 8:55 PM, Brent Henry wrote:
>
> > 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?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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!
> >
> > 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).
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brent.
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