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Chadahar · #3 08-17-2008, 03:28 AM

Failed Smog. After talking to the PO today, I think he didn't fully understand the the smog program and what one should do to get their car to pass, then I believe he was overwhelmed that the car didn't pass. and one thnig lead to another and so on. I also think the PO had changed directions and that was the last straw. This car has service records back to 1988 (maybe earlier, I just skimmed though the stack this evening), from the owner previous to this PO. This PO had maintained the car well, but I think that he had changed directions.

Here in CA when one retires a car through the CAP program, the car is driven to the dismantler designated by the state and the car is crushed and not parted out. BOO HISS Steps had already been taken to retire the car to the program. So I have some hoops to jump through to get it legally back on the road.

Why do people do things? Who Knows, but I could not let this beautiful car get crushed.
I read the smog tests and I'll have my smog guy look at them and see. I don't think there is a major hurdle there, but I could be all wet. One thing was the Evap was non functional and on this car it's a charcoal cannister. The other thing is it has High NOS, but less than 100 points over max allowed(that tells me new cats Or maybe just the things we do to get our cars to pass. I/E oil change, new plugs Dist cap, Rotor, filters, ).

I told the PO today that I wished he'd have come on the forums and asked what to do to help get a car to pass smog, but then I thought, "Well Charlie, you wouldn't be taking this car home today if he did that", but either way I'm happy to save the car, the PO is happy with the deal