SuperRallyRoo Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 I had to throw on my weber... And now the wagon passed emissions! It blows clean as a wissle! On the way back I got pulled over for expired tabs and it was pretty funny the cop was cool. Hes like so you are having trouble passing emissions eh? And i'm like HA! just passed today. So he wrote me a warning and commented that he had a 87 subaru wagon and he loved it, but he couldn't get it to pass emissions haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I had to throw on my weber... And now the wagon passed emissions! It blows clean as a wissle! On the way back I got pulled over for expired tabs and it was pretty funny the cop was cool. Hes like so you are having trouble passing emissions eh? And i'm like HA! just passed today. So he wrote me a warning and commented that he had a 87 subaru wagon and he loved it, but he couldn't get it to pass emissions haha.So did you tell him about the emissions guru? By the way, is Warren back yet? Glad to hear you passed. Got to love them Weber carbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 By the way you should post the results of the emissions testing along with the year and model of your car/engine. That way others can guage whether a weber will work for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperRallyRoo Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 I went to Warren and he made it pass sorta... It probably would have passed with the weber even if he did nothing to it but oh well. Heres the results with the hitachi leaned out as much as it could be and de emissioned. With the weber I believe the engine is originally from an 84 sedan. It has hydro lifters. The car itself is an 83 gl wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Matt, sometime you need to show me how you enter photos and such into your posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLCraig Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Looking good. I do see that Washington let's you get away with a bit higher CO2 then Oregon Dose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 The higher standard might be due to the age of the car. Older cars get higher standards. Also, after 20 years (I believe) emissions testing is no longer required. Only two more years to wait for my Brat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 It's 25 years Ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterD Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 im not sure how but the 84 wagon i got passed emmisions without a catalitic converter...well what was left of it. and a carb in need of some tlc. but i guess with the weber its harder to pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 They can pass with no cat - the only way an EA81 wouldn't pass is if it were actually burning a LOT of oil. Rings almost never wear out on HO engines, so that leaves valve's. Thing about the valves is that since they lay on their sides, not much oil can get sucked though them, so burning oil is not something you typically see on an EA81. The rest is simply carb adjustments, timing, and making sure you don't have any vacuum leaks or other non-functioning accessories. From what I have seen, the cat basically only helps your cruise emmissions anyway, and even then only when you have a functioning AIS. My cruise emmissions (HC's) were around 110 without the cat, and dropped to about 35 with the cat and the functioning AIS. The limit is 220. As far as passing with a Weber - should be easier since you have more adjustment, and the carb is newer (unless you use a used one). My experience has been that Weber's are more efficient than the regular Hitachi's, but considerably less efficient than the feedback Hitachi. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 GD, I've often wondered about the oil burning on emissions. We used to own a '83 Mazda which burned oil to the tune of a quart every 500 miles (you could see it in the exhaust). It passed emissions!! I was told by the emissions guy that the test sees gasoline produced HCs but not oil produced HCs. I really don't know how, but I thought I'd pass this on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Interesting - I wasn't aware of that. I guess that's why they do a "visible exhaust" test. In that case, if you have an EA81 that runs on all cylinders you should pass no problem! Hehe. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfreak85 Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Funny, my 84 turbo wagon passed emissions on its first try and lepetitprince's brat passed on its second try after we changed the oil, air filter, PCV valve, fuel filters, spark plugs and wires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperRallyRoo Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 Funny, my 84 turbo wagon passed emissions on its first try and lepetitprince's brat passed on its second try after we changed the oil, air filter, PCV valve, fuel filters, spark plugs and wires.Well you don't have as bad of luck with your wagon. Oh wait! It has a rod knock! ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfreak85 Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Matt, your wagon never even ran right!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Matt, this is hi-jacked from your earlier emissions post where you mentioned not knowing what your timing might be. Since no one's gone there for the last week, I'll drag it over to this thread. Matt, I have two flywheels in the garage currently--an EA81 and an EA82. The timing marks are only 4 degrees different between the two. If you insist, I can look at them and see whether that's advanced or retarded. That should get your timing close enough to run and then you can adjust it "by ear" to eliminate pinging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperRallyRoo Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 That would be helpful! It still pings slightly on the freeway under full acceleration. And galen... The wagon actually does run good now other then the slight ping at high speeds. Gets about 28mpg in the city too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Just poke a drinking straw down the spark plug hole and watch for the disty rotor to come around to the #1 wire. You will feel when it's at TDC. Mark a line on the flywheel with a sharpie and you are in business. All you have to do then is measure out a few more marks for each degree +/- of TDC. Simple really. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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