Well, one of your problems is that, if as you stated you used Crappy Tire camp stove fuel, you put in neat naptha, which is light run gasoline, unadulterated.
You should have put in almost pure alcohol !
Try again, and use some of the other posters modifications. I know it aint easy,
Dave

 

And where do I buy this "almost pure alcohol"??

 

sunoco ultra 94 + 6 bottles of gas line anti-freeze!

 

one other thing you said that your tank was almost empty when you put the alcohol in, my '88 NA has a 63L tank but if I fill it when the needle just get's to E I still have ~10L left in the tank so you might not have been nearly as empty as you thought. how long after you replaced the cat did you etest it, cats need a little time to break in (couple days to a week). You're so close I'm surprised the new cat didn't pass you.

 

well well well
I discovered tonight that the metering oil pump was stuck on full open.
I fixed it, and will take another test on Monday!

 

Good luck on Monday, sounds like that should help make it pass.

E- Test BS is like being in the delivery room waiting for your first born child.
Just a tax grab on the workin man.

Ace IIB

 

Yep.If you look at the limits,it's more restrictive then trying to pass smog in California.2 yrs ago I noticed Ontario HC limits of 74ppm.This time around ,HC limits are 66ppm,WTF.

 

It passed this morning.
Clean as a whistle.
I didn't use any tricks.
Now to find some longer 10mm bolts to hold my license plate on....

 

Congrats!

 

I'm having the exact same emissions problem as you logan. How do you set it? I see the haynes manuel saying how to take it apart but not set.

 

On an S5 car it's electronically controlled, so I don't think you can fiddle with it as much on an S4 car. Is your car an S4?
What I did, from under the car:
- take the return spring off the actuator
- disconnect the actuator rod
- lube the actuator and work it open-close-open-close-open-close for a long time
- reassemble and ensure that when I open it that the return spring closes it

 

conrats Doug. we'll see you ripping round peterborough in no time...

 

damn mines S5.

 

No hope for me to pass, probably going to leave it in the garage if I can't pass the next AirCare.

 

Well just because it's an S5 doesn't meet the MOP can't be fixed.
Crawl under the car and have a look at it, it could be stuck open too. You'll just have to get creative to see if you can get it working again...

 

Bogus E-test rules. I had the same problem on my S4 n/a it was the biggest headache.

 

I passed! I used that gurantee pass stuff and bought a new O2 sensor. Ripping it on the highway for an hour and redlining dropped my HC by about 33%, thanks for your help guys.

 

Being stuck fully open is alot better than being stuck close... I'm speaking from personal experience...