[Vwdiesel] Exaust

[Erik Lane]

I'm also in Oregon, and I've seen them check for a problem with the
tailpipe once. There was a car that wasn't getting all of the exhaust
out the tailpipe, so after a couple tries and them checking to make
sure everything was hooked up right they looked under the car and saw
that there were giant holes so their probe wasn't hardly getting
anything. I assume they failed it for that, but I don't remember. It
was the car in the next bay over, so I didn't have a lot of interest
other than just curiosity.

Erik

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote:
> Just what do they "inspect" anyway?  Out here (Oregon) we only have
> emissions testing (and barely that for a diesel, and only if you're
> registered in a metro area), they don't give a damn about anything outside
> of the emissions system.  Heck, they don't even care about my missing
> muffler. :)  Basically all they do is plug in to the computer and check for
> readiness codes (post-96).
>
> I wonder how many of the rattletrap POS cars I see on the road would be kept
> off by some kind of inspection.
>
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Bryan Belman <dieselwesty at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I just took my 82 Westy with 1.9na diesel for NJ inspection and was floored
>> to
>> find out they have DROPPED inspection for all diesels older then 1996.
>> They just said scrap the sticker off and you are on your own from now on.
>> Just
>> changed the inspection law as of 8/1/2010
>>
>> I am sure I will get pulled over one of these days for not having any
>> inspection
>> sticker on my car at all so I printed the notice out of then state DMV web
>> sight
>> to keep in the glove box.
>>
>> Pretty crazy for NJ.
>>
>> If there is no computer to tell the good folks that are employeed by the
>> state
>> to work there what could be wrong with your car, they send you home.
>> wow.
>>
>>  Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
>> 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
>> 92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel, 5sp -- running :<)
>> 82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA -- running :<)
>> 70 Type 1 stock Beetle -- Not running :<(
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net>
>> To: William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net>; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>> Sent: Sat, September 4, 2010 1:05:36 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Exaust
>>
>> There's a lot of whistle.  The only problem with straight pipes I have
>> encountered, is harmonics. It's fairly easy to get a weird harmonic inside
>> the cabin that just thrums.  Outside isn't bad, but inside is not nice.
>> I've had straight pipe on my 81 Jetta, the front seats were fine, the rear
>> seat area had an exhaust harmonic that was unbearable.  Weird thing was, it
>> wasn't loud in the front at all.  Had to put a resonator in, that fixed it.
>> Were this my decision, I would install a free flowing muffler right away so
>> I wouldn't have to monkey with it later.  A dynomax on my 97 Passat tdi
>> works well, there is some whistle, but no reverberating cabin noise at all.
>>
>> An absent muffler is not legal.  The person looking at it, needs to see a
>> muffler, even if it is a glasspack.
>> -james
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
>> > On Behalf Of William J Toensing
>> > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 9:39 PM
>> > To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>> > Subject: [Vwdiesel] Exaust
>> >
>> > In replacing an exhaust, I think what I would try would get a flex pipe
>> > sized to the exhaust manifold or header, then run a copper straight
>> > pipe sized to the outlet of the  flex pipe & run without a muffler.
>> > Then if to noisy, splice the exhaust pipe with a straight thru or
>> > Hollywood muffler. Should be able to do that for far less than $150.
>> > Previous discussion on this subject said a turbo would quiet the
>> > exhaust enough to be legal. Whether this would work on a NA diesel I
>> > don't know. Has anyone tried this? Comments.
>> > Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA
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