got the emissions done to the car that i just sold for the person who bought it..

94 civic si
98 b18c1 motor
67k miles
skunk2 Intake Manifold
Dc sports 4-1 header
Apexi N1 catback exhaust
apexi vafc set to stock fuel
and stock obd1 p72 ECU

It didnt pass on the NO ppm test

Speed 15 mph
Limit 945
Reading 1072

Speed 25 mph
Limit 855
Reading 1088

Failed both 15 and 25mph tests.. guy said it has to do w/ the heat inside the engine or something?? would a bottle of the gauaranteed to pass stuff you can buy at places like NAPA and walmart pass this? i feel bad that i didnt pass for the girl who bought the car..
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Try again with the cat hot.

 

i dont understand how all these places do emissions.. i am an inspector on Long Island and we do it on a dyno.. it goes by HC's .. Nox... and CO's.. sorry man i wish i could help.. i know having the motor at normal operating temp is key for the emission tests by me

 

WTF? Virginia is starting to do emissions now? is this nova or what?

 

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It is done by the county. I live in Northern VA where there are emissions, but since I have resided in Harrisonburg for the past few years (for school) I am registered down here with no emissions. Somehow I got them (the city of harrisonburg) to set my mailing address as my home in northern virginia so they just send me the $15 renewal to my house up there, i pay it, and they send me my sticker. No fairfax taxes or emissions

 

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thats what ive been told... it has a ITR cat on there also.. no test pipe except the extenstion for the exhaust..


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i was driving the car home and it was about 10 miles so it time for the car to be warm but then it sat in line at the emissions place for about 1 hour so it cooled down, but watching them i noticed they let the car run in the bay for about 5-10 before starting the testing.. maybe it jjust needs to be warmed up more..

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It is done by the county. I live in Northern VA where there are emissions, but since I have resided in Harrisonburg for the past few years (for school) I am registered down here with no emissions. Somehow I got them (the city of harrisonburg) to set my mailing address as my home in northern virginia so they just send me the $15 renewal to my house up there, i pay it, and they send me my sticker. No fairfax taxes or emissions </TD></TR></TABLE>

yes that is correct, to the person that didnt know VA did emissions.. northern virginia does it cause of all the damn cars up here and polution.. i wish i could do something like that with my turboed car i just paid someone a friend of mine knew $100 bux for emissions but now im golden for 2 years

any other ideas on how or what i need to do to make this damn car pass emissions without payin an arm and a leg???

 

Trust me on this one it sucks b/c of the cost of it. Go to a motorcycle shop or track get some 110 or higher octane about three gals put in your car when empty the fill it up with bp or amoco gas and try it again. If you have to retard your ignition timming while getting emissions done

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by n_23_s &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Trust me on this one it sucks b/c of the cost of it. Go to a motorcycle shop or track get some 110 or higher octane about three gals put in your car when empty the fill it up with bp or amoco gas and try it again. If you have to retard your ignition timming while getting emissions done</TD></TR></TABLE>

how far should i retard the ignition to make it pass? i noticed today and it was doing it last week that it felt like it was bogging a little when i would drive the car.. and sometimes stall.. before i take it back to get it tested agian im gonna go ahead and replace the plugs, wires, fuel filter add some injector cleaner to the car and some of the emmissions stuff you can get at walmart that guarantees you will pass.. i checked the cap and rotor and they look good almost brand new hell the motor only has 67k miles on it.. how do i know if that needs to be replaced or not?

 

dont put the emissions stuff in just get the high octane. try it first without it retarded. If it doesnt work go about 4 degrees less than what it is suppose to have.