[T2] I don't need a CAT in Cali!

[Old Volks Home]

>From 75 to 85 on Bus and Vanagon Models, there were California market
models with stricter emission requirements and Federal market models with
their own requirements.  This extended to specific ECU (Brains), EGR,
exhaust and cat converter requirements for each market.  If a Federal
market model is brought into California, the smog technician, after
checking the emissions sticker, tests the vehicle under those standards the
vehicle was originally built for, both visually and the sniff test.  For a
while California used to charge a one-time "Smog Impact Fee" to allow
Federal models to be tested and allowed to be registered.  But there was
such a backlash on it, that it was revoked.

79 to 83 air cooleds are perhaps the most difficult to bring into
compliance, what with a lot of the FI, EGR and exhaust parts unavailable
new these days.

75 models are no longer required to be tested in California at the present
time, subject to the whims of the legislature of course.

-- 
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
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On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Kevin Guarnotta <kguarnotta at usa.net> wrote:

> Could someone please explain what a Federal Bus is?
> -Kevin Guarnotta
> Jamaica Plain, MA
> '78 Westy
> '69 Singlecab
> '65 Ez-camper
>
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