Houston, we have smog!!
It turned out that the fix consisting of plugging the loose injector connector didn't quite do the trick. The emission values got a lot better, but alas, still no cigar... The car failed a *second* time.
Well, I had repaired all I knew to repair and replaced all I knew to replace. It was time for drastic measures. On Ireland Engineering's recommendation, I called John at European Motor Works in Arcadia and told him of the problem.
It turned out that the catalytic converter had decided to take a permanent leave of absence and was the main culprit in causing excessively high NOx emissions. About $520.- later, the car is now sporting a shiny new cat, a new intake boot AND... yes! A shiny white sheet of paper with the word "PASS" written all over it! Talk about taking a BIG load off my mind!!
Hopefully, over the coming holidays, I'll get the detonation problem taken care of. I've been given some instructions, hopefully they'll do the trick...
Well, I had repaired all I knew to repair and replaced all I knew to replace. It was time for drastic measures. On Ireland Engineering's recommendation, I called John at European Motor Works in Arcadia and told him of the problem.
It turned out that the catalytic converter had decided to take a permanent leave of absence and was the main culprit in causing excessively high NOx emissions. About $520.- later, the car is now sporting a shiny new cat, a new intake boot AND... yes! A shiny white sheet of paper with the word "PASS" written all over it! Talk about taking a BIG load off my mind!!
Hopefully, over the coming holidays, I'll get the detonation problem taken care of. I've been given some instructions, hopefully they'll do the trick...
posted by Kaushik | 22:20
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