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Need Help On Passing Smog for 84GL


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Have a 84 gl with 300,000 miles on it and need some hints on passing the smog test in California.

 

should I install some hotter plugs? I am already changing the cap and rotor, changing the air filter and oil.

 

is there a good "smog pass' additive that really works?

 

 

appreciate any tips.

 

 

Thanks

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check over the first two or three pages of posts here, someone just used Xylene to pass HC emissions in Cali, but I always recommend using Denatured Alcohol. Run your tank almost dry (have a little gas in a can Just In Case) then pour a gallon of denatured alcohol from Home Depot in, take her for a good hot run just before the test, and your HC emissions should be reduced by about 90%. Get out of the emissions check and go fill up your tank with old fashioned dino-fuel, and you should be kosher.

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check over the first two or three pages of posts here, someone just used Xylene to pass HC emissions in Cali, but I always recommend using Denatured Alcohol. Run your tank almost dry (have a little gas in a can Just In Case) then pour a gallon of denatured alcohol from Home Depot in, take her for a good hot run just before the test, and your HC emissions should be reduced by about 90%. Get out of the emissions check and go fill up your tank with old fashioned dino-fuel, and you should be kosher.

 

 

Thank you very much.

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