Do you guys in Indiana have the ethanol blend that Milwaukee
has?
Dwight
94 DAK - no emission tests up here! :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle Kozubal" <grndak4x4@home.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 18:44 PM
Subject: DML: Failed 3 Emission Tests!
> Ok stop laughing, nah heck...it is kind of funny I guess.
Well last Saturday
> my truck failed the hydrocarbon portion of the emission
test, and passed
> everything else. The HC level was 1.76 and standards are
1.60, so I failed.
> No biggie I thought, just some easy fixes and it would
pass. So Sunday and
> Monday I change things around, like:
> -1 can of CRC Emissions Pass
> -Gumout TB/Intake Cleaner down the TB
> -Cleaned/Oiled the K&N Cone Filter
> -Cleaned the AIS Sensor
> -New NAPA Fuel Filter
> -New Autolite Coppers gapped at the 'factory spec'
> -New NAPA distributor cap
> -New NAPA Rotor
> -Changed the Oil
> -New Oil Filter
> -New PCV Valve
>
> Well I took it in this morning and it failed! HC levels
were higher, now at
> 2.19! So I come home and take off the homebrew cold air
intake with the K&N
> cone, take off the K&N open element valve cover breather,
and even the Ford
> Motorsport #19 injectors. I put back on the stock air
filte housing, new air
> filter, and the stock valve cover breather. I did some
running around
> getting errands done, about 125 miles later, I pull back
up to get my truck
> tested for the 3rd time. Guess what, still failed! This
time the readings
> were at 2.12
> My truck was fully warmed up for all 3 tests too. So what
now???? Should I
> do a vacuum test? Could the 65,000 mile old catalytic
converter be shot? I
> need to pass so I can get my truck's plates renewed in
June.
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>
>
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