To: dakota@csclub0.cs.fredonia.edu@INTERNET; rlr@bbt.com@INTERNET
From: Clement_D on Thu, Aug 22, 1996 12:44 PM
Subject: RE: '96 Emissions
From: rlr@bbt.com@INTERNET on Thu, Aug 22, 1996 11:14 AM
>> The oil burner you refer to can likely
>> pass the sniff test without much effort because the sensor does not check
>> for unburned oil
> Burnt oil can make you fail the "unburnt HC" portion of
>the sniffer test.
Ron,
My son had an old S-10 Chevy that visably burnt oil and would pass the Mass
idle sniff check for hydrocarbons. I do not think the raw oil hydrocarbon
molecule registers the same way as a partially burnt gasoline hydrocarbon
molecule on the sniffers. I have seen some pretty foul running cars that
have passed the idle sniff test.
Dave Clement
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