Re: Emissions...%-{

[cmice@mke.ab.com (Christopher Ice x2136)]

In a previous message,Philip J Ethier writes:
>
>I had no idea they were that NAZI in Wisconsin.  In Minnesota, they want
>to see that the cat-can is still there (they use a mirror), they want to
>make sure you can't get a leaded fuel nozzle in the filler (they use a
>wooden go/no-go stick), and that the car passes an idle sniff.

This is the basic procedure that WI uses as well.  However, they have either
terrorized the shops or the shops have figured out that they can use this as
an excuse to make some more $$$.

>I had the center muffler on my '87 Syncro replaced with a pipe.  My
>mechanic easily tuned it much better than specs.  He got over 17% oxygen
>out of it.  CO and NOx reading were very low.

There are some shops in the area which will probably do it.  It's a matter of
finding them.  However, I expected this to be a simple thing....well, you know
how that goes with Audis!  ;-)

I'll keep you all posted.

Chris
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