sinjun: (Daisy-cat)
sinjun ([personal profile] sinjun) wrote2007-10-24 10:46 am

Things that make you go Hmmm ....

 Not that I know what it means but ...

ASM 2525
HC ppm Limit 66 and my car 4 PASS.
CO% limit 0.37 and my car 0.00 PASS
NO ppm limit 505 and my car 75 PASS
RPM 1865 VALID
Dilution 14.5 VALID

Curb Idle
HC ppm Limit 150 and my car 3 PASS.
CO% Limit 0.70 and my car 0.00 PASS.
NO ppm N/A
RPM 752 VALID
Dilution 14.0 VALID.

Whee. 

So, uhm, yeah. Explain to me how this car failed its emissions test last Thursday .... I don't get it.

[identity profile] insaint.livejournal.com 2007-10-24 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Easy. Emissions tests are finicky things. They also depend on things like temperature of the shop, for example. It's completely possible for the same car, with no changes, to fail some times and pass other times.

[identity profile] damara.livejournal.com 2007-10-24 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
In the words of my mechanic ... that only means they did not do the test right. :)