Subject	Double check timing with a timing light.
Posted by	Goldchocobo on September 17, 2019 at 11:33 AM
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In Reply To	Well, this sucks posted by moxie (SF) on September 16, 2019 at 04:00 PM
Message	I too had a finicky light and it completely fucked with my timing. Run the car like a motherfucker before trying again. Get the cats toasty hot. Also, make sure you are running good, new gas. I nearly failed once due to 9 month old gas causing problems.
Follow Ups	Well, this sucks - moxie (SF) 16:00:47 09/16/19 Your last comment makes sense. - Boosted1 17:41:50 09/16/19 How bad were the numbers? - CameronSF 19:27:33 09/16/19 Did the photo not show? - moxie (SF) 19:41:30 09/16/19 Errr those 20mph should all be 25mph (n/m) - moxie (SF) 19:46:38 09/16/19 WTF. - CameronSF 19:52:13 09/16/19 "Something is not right here" - you're telling me! - moxie (SF) 20:23:17 09/16/19 "Well, *CA fascism* sucks" .....fixed - LJZTT 19:38:17 09/16/19 Is everything rooted in "politics" of some sort? - Z DNA 20:01:50 09/16/19 you tell me.... - LJZTT 20:15:44 09/16/19 It's not like older cars just phase out over time and - Tanley (ATL) 20:27:11 09/16/19 and yet as newer cars become more and more and even more - LJZTT 20:52:26 09/16/19 Note, smog and CO2 are two different things. (n/m) - not4resaleZ 10:03:46 09/17/19 You might also note, if you don't emit either they - not4resaleZ 10:08:31 09/17/19 lol, gee how generous of them! (n/m) - LJZTT 14:56:18 09/17/19 It's quite unbelievable, like as in if it didn't happen to - moxie (SF) 20:45:42 09/16/19 Solution: - LJZTT 21:02:51 09/16/19 That "no reg non-op" is a recent rule, i think. CA is so far - ForceFedTT 23:46:46 09/16/19 I could have done no-op a year ago, instead - moxie (SF) 01:17:54 09/17/19 LOL. CA somehow needs to pay the poop cleaners! - ZXoltan 08:38:43 09/20/19 Yes, everything is. Im a political junkie. (n/m) - ForceFedTT 23:43:15 09/16/19 Exactly. Also communist. Commiefornia :( - ForceFedTT 23:37:56 09/16/19 it's all about the tax. The smog certs are only good for 90 - ForceFedTT 23:41:33 09/16/19 How about the SMOG abatement fee? WTF? How is that legal? (n/m) - RonZ300 (Socal) 12:22:45 09/17/19 I'm in the same boat every two years except I have a - RonZ300 (Socal) 19:51:18 09/16/19 No precats, but I've always managed to pass before. - moxie (SF) 21:36:44 09/16/19 I would do what you said, then drive it for a few hundred mi - RonZ300 (Socal) 21:49:02 09/16/19 I think your car was just not warm enough. - Polish 21:48:47 09/16/19 CA is hell. I love my FL registration :) - ForceFedTT 23:35:24 09/16/19 FL state gov isnt much smarter, just FL residents still have - LJZTT 20:04:47 09/17/19 ...Dream of Californication.... (n/m) - ConVerTT 00:20:29 09/17/19 Re: Well, this sucks - Dallas DamonZ 03:40:01 09/17/19 Have you cleaned out the back of the TBs? - MikeD (Philly) 08:13:55 09/17/19 Put 87 in it. Drive it around or a good hour or so - ZXRider 08:44:20 09/17/19 When we had smog here in Vancouver years ago.. - Stanky (BC) 10:17:20 09/17/19 Lol nice, I did a similar thing with my 240SX. The exhaust - Tanley (ATL) 11:43:53 09/17/19 Double check timing with a timing light. - Goldchocobo 11:33:18 09/17/19 funny you mention the gas, I have 1/2 a tank of 1.5 year - moxie (SF) 12:20:09 09/17/19 High CO and High NOx at low rpm is a bit odd - Zbullet 16:47:09 09/19/19 If you are curious. I ran a compression test - Zbullet 16:54:23 09/19/19 thanks! I did a vacuum leak test and found a few small - moxie (SF) 18:24:09 09/20/19 I wouldn't worry about doing too much after fixing - Polish 03:14:56 09/21/19 FML - time to take it a mechanic - moxie (SF) 19:45:57 09/22/19
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