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You could get a diesel VW jetta or rabbit or an old diesel Mercedes for
your next project car. Then, at least at the moment in GA, you'd be
exempt from emissions testing. I have an old Mercedes 300 SD I'm
hoping to convert to run on veggie oil when I get the money and time.
For now, I just run it on petroleum periodically to keep it limber.
Note that older diesel cars like mine generally smoke quite a bit as a
normal occurrence (especially on acceleration) but accept a conversion
to veggie oil better. Newer diesel cars smoke far less but are less
willing to run on veggie oil. If you want to go down that road, I
think you need to look for indirect fuel injection. It's been a while
since I've done the reading on it. Be aware that, if anything breaks
on a Mercedes that's non trivial, it will cost you lots of money for
repairs. There are some exceptions to that, but MB's typically are
expensive to fix. Almost all mechanics are pricey these days, MB
mechanics especially so.<br>
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Here's a computer related piece of trivia. MB had engine computers in
their cars as early as 1985 I believe. That was a big surprise to me.
That's 26 years ago, an eternity in computer time. I think the non
computerized cars work better with veggie oil fuel.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
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On 9/7/2011 12:29 PM, David Hillman wrote:
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cite="mid:CA+f4BnOUs5vhmupw4eiPDi7TDQwdGNE0uFL+P5F5jdfsw7M5Mw@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Thank you all. Well, it looks like I would have to spend
over $805 in emissions repairs to get a waiver. Replacing just the
pump (sealed) and the valves will still put me over the limit of what I
had budgeted for this mostly project vehicle. I have another car I can
use. I picked up the VW for very little money, it was supposed to be
something me and my friends could tinker with and use for road trips.
Shedding weight, in the form of a large, heavy pump and associated
gear, is something I felt would make a nice improvement. Spending
money to fix a problem that doesn't improve engine performance or
increase the capability of the car in any meaningful way goes against
my principles--especially, when it'll take funds away from my "fun"
project. I now have no choice but to get rid of a solid vehicle that
is otherwise perfect for our project. I won't get another car that has
been engineered this way. If you can't beat 'em and you don't want to
join 'em, go in a different direction.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Michael
Trausch <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">On 09/07/2011 10:56 AM, David Hillman wrote:<br>
> Is there to get around the emissions requirements in Georgia? I
called<br>
> the tag office, but I got put on hold for an eternity.<br>
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If you show that you have spent over a certain amount of money to fix a<br>
problem, you can get a waiver for that year only. The next year you'll<br>
have to spend the same amount in order to get a waiver again.<br>
<br>
Modifying the programming of the ECC is *not* a task that you want to<br>
take on yourself. If you can show that the removal of the system does<br>
not affect the compliance with emissions standards for that model year,<br>
you might be able to get away with modifying it, but you'll have to get<br>
to know the programming of your ECC quite intimately and if any updates<br>
to the firmware become available that get pushed to your computer while<br>
it is in the shop, you'll have to patch those updates as well.<br>
<br>
Personally, I wouldn't even attempt it.<br>
<br>
--- Mike<br>
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than he could before, if he is sincere about it and has common sense.<br>
--- Carveth Read, “Logic”<br>
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