paulmon wrote:
As for Drive Clean, how do they test the engine in my car which is a '94? Do they base it on emissions for the 94 engine?
To be honest, each drive clean place I went to thought about it differently. When I did my e-test, I went into 3 different places before someone was actually able to do a test for me. I actually went into the shop with them, and watched them punch everything into the computer.
I don't know if you have ever seen a drive clean being done, but they have to answer a bunch of questions to the computer to be able to do the test. Some computers are different than others (Some do the test different than others), but they all ask questions like: VIN, Make, #Cylinders, Weight, Model, Odometer reading, Engine Size, Year, Type of Vehicle (Coupe, Sedan, SUV, Pickup, Hot Rod etc). The VIN has to be the same as your assigned VIN, otherwise it wont register with the ministry. I believe the other questions aren't as important. Some drive clean places will look at your car and say its a 2009, others look at the age of the engine and say its a 94. Some fill in the type of vehicle as "Hot Rod", others fill it in as coupe. For the model, some will put HOM, others will put it in as "Mustang" or "Camero" or whatever the engine is out of. Some will put the odometer reading at 0, because its a new car, others may ask how many Km's are on the engine.
For my test, these is what my e-test sheet says:Year: 2009
VIN: HOM02C09.....
GVWR (kg): 1500 (I told them 1500lbs, but I guess they didn't convert it)
Make: HOM
Engine Size: 5.0L
ETW(kg): 1814
Model: HOM
#cyl: 8
Inpection type: I (Don't know what that means)
Test Results:...................Limit.................Result:
HC................242....................17
CO...............1.92....................0
NO...............2520...................379
paulmon wrote:
If I thought that adding 2 cats to my engine would let it pass I would do this for sure. I'm just not convinced that will be enough.
Paul
I really, REALLY thought my car was going to fail the emissions. I had no EGR, the engine was 20 years old, and it had 260,000kms on it. But, it ended up doing really well. I had cats, a charcoal canister and the engine was very warm for the test. Regardless, I don't think the emissions guys will pass you without cats. Even though it'll take some time to remake your exhaust, you should have them on.
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