[ANTHONYD]

Hey guys:

My wife's Tercel just failed the etest for the second time in 2 years :( She's pretty upset. Unfortunately we can't afford to go out and buy a new car yet so we have to make this work.

Last year we replaced one of the o2 sensors and it passed. Not by flying colours, but it made it, and we didn't have to spend the 700 dollars Canadian Tire told her she would have to spend to make it pass. In fact it was a little over 250 dollars if I can remember correctly.

Here are the numbers this year....

ASM 2525 CURB IDLE

HC ppm Limit: 85 Tercel: 103 (fail) Limit: 200 Tercel: 197 (pass barely)
CO% Limit: 0.48 Tercel: 0.67 (fail) Limit: 1.00 Tercel: 0.97 (pass)
NO ppm Limit: 670 Terce: 85 (pass)


It failed under this category:

High CO on driving test or high idle test.

So here is the list of crap (it could be)

• Carb Malfunction (I'll spry some cleaner on it tomorrow)
• Dirty Air filter, faulty choke or carb. (replace this myself)
• Faulty computerized engine management or o2 sensor. (one was replaced last year)
• Faulty fuel injection system (I'll dump a bottle of cleaner in the tank tomorrow)
• Faulty thermostatic air cleaner system. (???)
• Defective canister purge system (???)
• Inoperative / missing Cat coverter (I hope to hell this isn't the issue)
• Faulty air injection system. (???)

So there we have it. I can do most of that list myself.

Does anyone have any other ideas or tips I can carry out to help this problem(s) go away.

Thanks a bunch fellas.

-Anthony.