so my hydro carbon is off by 3 points. 61=pass 64=fail. i'm at 64. I changed the cat already, spark plugs, air filter, oil, cap and wires+rotor, new o2 sensors before and after cat. valve clearance adjusted to .006intake and .007exhaust.

any one have any idea of how to lower the hydro carbon a tad bit?

My car is running a DC sports 4-1 header. the air box was taken out so it's basicly a stock intake short ram. other than those two there no other engine mods.

has anyone thought about making an emissions sticky?

 

Did you reset the ECU after changing your list of items?

 

i never took disconnected the battery so the ecu wouldn't have reset, not to mention i drove for abotu 50 miles the night before.

 

I see that you have a '97 GSR. Check with Acura beacuse there is a recall on the catalytic converters for that year.

 

ya i saw that post. lucky for me i'm at 154, 431. so no go i don't believe.

 

Where is your O2 sensor located please HURRY.

 

off by 3 HC's? Just go in the smog shop after driving like 10 miles, and rev your engine a bit before smogging. Ihe point is to heat up your cat till its REALLY hot so it'll burn more of the HC's. That should do the trick

 

I was hella high on my HCs too, I barely passed. I probably wouldn't have but before going to the smog shop I beat on it really hard in the hills to make sure the cat was nice and warm

And if i'm not mistaken, high HCs mean you're running rich?

 

Run seafoam through your car.

 

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[b]<FONT COLOR="red"> X 2 ....</FONT>

 

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sorry for taking soo long to respond, I actualyl rant he car for about an hour in the mountains. Than on the freeway i left it in 4th going 80 miles an hour. they started the smog the second i got there. there is something seriously wrong witht he motor because it fowled a 30k mile used cat in like a day. Anyways i got it to pass by weldign another cat to the B pipe. so it passes with flying color right now. thanks for the help guys.
Whats this Seafoam stuff you guys are talking about?

 

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You're forced from this point on to pay extra <FONT COLOR="green">$$$$</FONT> for smog tests....</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

huh what are you talking about?

 

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Interesting..... your initial question, that is.....

 

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I also need a smog hookup.