richieroo Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 I went down to have my Hatch smogged today and it pretty much went off the scale in co2. My question is if this car neds to be adjusted in the mixture, then how can I do it? Just guess and keep going back to MR MECHANIC? I cannotafford that. Or do I just suck it up and let him fix it to the tune of ....$$$. What would your advice(s) be to me? This is a 87 Hatch probably DL becasue it has round headlights. MR MECHANIC just sighed when he saw the carb, he said he was so used to working on Fuel Injected cars, WELL EXCUSE ME! I just high tailed it out of there very frusterated! AAANNNDD......The car is running rough with a knock in the engine as well on the 1-3 cylinder side. Be careful about buying a used Jap engine! Take it from me! What can I do, I can't just use this for a paperweight, I hope! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85Sub4WD Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 AAANNNDD......The car is running rough with a knock in the engine as well on the 1-3 cylinder side. Be careful about buying a used Jap engine! Take it from me! knock?? - caused by ignition or something serious??? - if so stick it to whoever you got it from before it shoots a rod out the side!! double check all things like timing, plugs, wires, cap & rotor - as well as carb mixture adjustment otherwise - sounds like a bad carb to me - (one of) my carbs got so bad that it shot a black plume of smoke out when I went WOT because it was running so rich - sounds like a carb rebuild is in order -take it to a different mechanic- a GOOD oldschool one! - mom and pop kinda place, sorta on the not-so-lucky side of town - those are the best shops for older cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieroo Posted April 30, 2005 Author Share Posted April 30, 2005 Yeh I will try to find someone with Subie experience, too bad one of you guys aren't down my way! NUTS! The company is going to try to work with me, but they are not gonna help me too much, they being in Texas and me in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieroo Posted May 1, 2005 Author Share Posted May 1, 2005 Well I took the Hatch to another Smog place, one I have used for years and it flew by with flying colors! WOW! So why did one place call the emission off the chart and the other give me these results? :-\ Very strange. BUT the old Hatch will be on the road beofre too long now! Now to get the 5 speed in and running! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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