[V8] ...warning....

[Roger Woodbury]

Yeah, and this is new here.  We have no emissions testing outside of
Cumberland and York Counties in extreme southwestern Maine.read:  North
Boston.  But the increased vigilance underneath the car is new within the
past five years or so, and they are getting worse and worse. They even mount
stings sending a car in to a service station to see if the operator will
pass it.  About a year ago some guy showed up in a Toyota pickup with tinted
windows.  The station operator passed the truck and was immediately issued a
summons and had his inspection license suspended because the tint on the
windows wasn't stock..and it wasn't terribly dark, either.

 

Back around the dawn of time, I drove all winter on studded snowtires.  In
those days it was a 3-series BMW and later, a Mercedes 190D-T.  Actually
before Quattro, and I won't relish going back there because of the noise and
reduction in fuel mileage that I experienced..but mostly the noise.  

 

-----Original Message-----
From: bblake1055 at aol.com [mailto:bblake1055 at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:40 PM
To: ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com; rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] ...warning....

 

Here in Virginia, I recently had to replace all 4 brake lines on both the 92
& 93 & a tie rod due to inspection.

I bought the 93 with the air bag light on over 3 years ago and it passed
inspection every year and this year it failed due to "air bag" light on.

If I had known they were checking it I would put some black electrical tape
on it first!!!!

90 V8 (for sale)
91 V8
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>
To: rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com
Cc: v8 at audifans.com
Sent: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 9:15 pm
Subject: Re: [V8] ...warning....

Good points, Roger.
However, in my case it was the rubber brake line that burst and I'm  
with Kneale in the belief that one should replace the rubber bits  
every TB change or so.
As to the steel lines, absolutely check them.
I inspected the burst line and found it (the rubber hose) burst right  
at the fitting that attaches to the hard line at the body.
Whether it would have shown up at an inspection -- I don't know.
 
Ingo
 
On Nov 26, 2008, at 6:44 PM, Roger Woodbury wrote:
 
> Here in Maine is is now very different than in the olden days.
>
> We have an annual inspection and in order for the car to pass it  
> cannot be
> leaking anything from anywhere, no rust through on the body, and  
> everything
> that is supposed to be working when the car left the factory, must be
> working at time of inspection:  ie:  no lights on the dash.
>
> However in the past year there is now a new requirement for intact  
> and non
> corroded brake lines.  What this means is that the car is put on a  
> lift and
> the brake lines are ALL inspected, and if anything is suspect the  
> car fails
> and the brake lines must be replaced.
>
> There is amply good reason for this because for the past few years  
> the Maine
> DOT has been sanding and salting roads in the winter here using  
> some sort of
> obnoxious stuff that melts the ice and snow all right, and also  
> destroys the
> underpinnings of cars, beginning with but not limited to, brakelines.
>
> I have heard that they are changing the formula for this stuff  
> because so
> many people have complained...complete brake line replacement every  
> two
> years is simply not affordable for an awful lot of people here, me  
> included.
>
> There is also a new brake line material that is being used that is  
> not made
> of steel as the old ones were. This new tubing is very bendable by  
> hand and
> will not rust out EVER.  More expensive than the old fashioned  
> steel but
> infinitely better.
>
> Roger
>
 
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