[BFix] SMOG Test

Tue Apr 29 17:49:31 MST 2008

We have to keep the list moving somehow.....

Tony

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From: centuryfire01 at msn.com [mailto:centuryfire01 at msn.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:09 PM
To: Tony Nokes; Shehatesmybronco at aol.com; ironbenderii at yahoo.com
Cc: bfix at broncofix.com
Subject: Re: [BFix] SMOG Test

Awww crap Tony, now you did it!  Just as the socialism war was ending,
you had to go and bring up global warming!

	----- Original Message ----- 
	From: TonyNokes at Freightliner.com 
	To: Shehatesmybronco at aol.com ; ironbenderii at yahoo.com 
	Cc: bfix at broncofix.com 
	Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 1:33 PM
	Subject: RE: [BFix] SMOG Test

	It serves a very good purpose when administered correctly.
These tests help ensure air quality. The requirements vary by county and
region due to varying local air qualities.  The EPA requires certain
standards met on a national basis and it is up to the local governments
on how they choose to meet those standards. In the Portland area when
have an attainment zone that requires the "smog" checks and seasonally
reformulated fuels.

	To put it simply:  NOX is a green house gas, HC is unburned
fuel, neither of which you want in the air you breath.

	My 66' doesn't have to be tested because of it's age, but I took
it through anyway just to see how it was running. They tested it for
free, and it "passed" whatever standard they were using. 

	I recommend that everyone watch the "Inconvenient truth" no
matter what you think of Al (invented the Internet) Gore as it is
actually very well done.  I felt the documentary/movie really helps put
the global warming issue into perspective.  
	I personally would like this planet to be a nice place to live
for my daughter!

	Tony

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	Anthony E. Nokes

	Compliance and Regulatory Affairs

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	From: bfix-bounces at broncofix.com
[mailto:bfix-bounces at broncofix.com] On Behalf Of
Shehatesmybronco at aol.com
	Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:21 PM
	To: ironbenderii at yahoo.com
	Cc: bfix at broncofix.com
	Subject: Re: [BFix] SMOG Test

	Can anybody tell me why they even do it at all?  Oh wait, it's
just another way to get their fingers into your piece of the pie.  I am
so glad we have nothing like that here in Florida.  I had to deal with
it in Washington and it made absolutely no sense why only certain
counties were required to do emissions testing.  When we lived in
Tacoma, we bought a 1999 Expedition (dealer demo) that had less than 6k
miles on it that failed emissions when I went to get it registered.  The
dealership couldn't find anything wrong with it and we tried it again at
another testing facility and it passed with no problems.  My 79 bronco
smoked at idle and passed the first try without any troubles.  It is a
poorly designed manipulative system that serves no purpose except to
cost the tax payers excessive money to repair the vehicles that don't
pass at "State Emissions Repair facilities"and hold them "hostage" by
not allowing the vehicles on the road until it's repaired or gets a
waiver.  My diesel didn't even have to be tested at all at the time.  I
am not sure how it works now since I have been gone from there for about
5 years, but it was a crooked system when I was there.  It's politicians
getting laws passed that really don't serve a purpose except for their
special interest group.  It's no different than the vehicle inspection
stickers that some places require.

	Ok I am off my engine block again now that I have said my 2
cents worth.

	Ron
	74 trying to get it back together before it rusts apart
	78 2nd owner and totally stock

	In a message dated 4/28/2008 1:42:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
ironbenderii at yahoo.com writes:

		Can anybody tell me why they check all this crap?
Shouldn't they be concerned w/ the displacement of the motor and what
comes out of the tailpipe?  Who cares what else you do to the motor as
long as what comes out of the tail pipe is okay...

		Thought I'd throw this out since the political debate
seems to be winding down...

		Jack

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