Re: Screaming Cats on a hot tin roof

[rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu (R Justin Andrews)]

> 
> In a message dated 96-08-30 02:09:15 EDT, you write:
> 
> << Well... It passwd on my dad's 84 Coupe with 190,000 miles, 
>  my '84 5000 with 135,000 and my mom's 86 5000 at 160,000 miles.
>  Go figure, the coupe passed in Illinois and the 5000's were both
>  in Texas.
>  
>  I was wrong about just hollowing it out, it WILL LOSE performance.
>   >>
> ....  Coupla things....  1) lots of new EPA testing equipment out there, and
> Illinois now has some upgraded stuff....  The new equipment sniffs for a cat
> in the tailpipe probe, if it exists, then the test is stopped at low idle
> sniff only.....  If it doesn't exist, and the visual shows a cat, it now asks
> for the high idle test, hard to pass both with a tired motor, maybe a really
> fresh one might (mine #2 didn't)....  
Actually, I had the idle and high RPM on my 5000 that occasionally smokes a 
little (very light blue, thin smoke) at startup. The car had a little over
135,000 miles and sat for 2 years!
Anyways, it passwd fine and I didn't realize the cat was empty until
I went to empty it out!

Later,
Rich Andrews
rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu