Yes! the problem was a bad seal between the cat. and the rest of the
tailpipe. That is why we had low emmisions as the exhaust did not all
get to the sensor. I would think that maybe something like that is
happening in this case.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: britcars@juno.com [SMTP:britcars@juno.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 1997 11:02 AM
>To: Randy Rees
>Subject: Re: Regarding Weber Fuel Economy -Reply
>
>On Tue, 11 Mar 1997 18:28:07 -0800 Randy Rees <randyr@starwave.com>
>writes:
>>I find zero emmisions hard to beleive. In our state (Washington) I had
>>a car that did not pass emmisions beacause the HC was too low and the
>>state claims that indicated a malfunctioning emmisions system. We took
>>it back to the dealer and sure enough the Emmisions system was faulty.
>>(and under warranty :)
>
>Do you know what was wrong with the emissions system? We've never run
>across a situation where a defective system result in lower emissions;
>it's always been just the opposite. We, too, could not believe the
>numbers as a well-tuned late B usually puts out 60 to 70 HC and .5 to .6
>CO at idle. However, an independent test verified our machine's readings
>so we have to believe it.
>
>Lawrie
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