emissions

[NSolano]

well this is not on my bird but on this conversion van we bought to use for work. it is a 94 dodge ram 250. The car has 126 K miles and everything works fine. we took it to an emissions station and it wont pass, they guy offered to put additives on it for about 200 bucks but he said he cant guarantee it will pass, anyone got any suggestions?> any additives I can add or should I look around for shops that will pass it for more money? help please

[Tom Rs]

there is something you can buy at your local aids auto, autozone or pepboys what ever u got its like 8.00 they claim its guaranteed to pass. never tried it but i seen it at the store

[grayman]

there is an emissions specialist in my area who parks his van outside the downtown emissions testing center. He has his own engine anylizer and emissions sniffer. gaunteed to pass or money back. 45 bucks. the guy knows what he is doing. AWESOME. He has helped me with transplanted v8 project cars and even my dads 1988 fuel injected mercury grand marqui. for the v8 he tunes the carbuetor fuel mixture while hooked up to sniffer and anylizer. for the FI ford he was turning something by hand down between the radiator and the front of engine. I had to stay in car to work throttle. I wanted to ask him what the heck he was doing but he had a lot of customers behind me.
Try looking for somebody like that. This guy does not sell parts...he is just there to help you pass...not to sell you things and to do work you do not need.

Other than that...use the correct fuel for car. if tuned for 87 octane...use 87 octane, etc. maybe change oil. basic tune up, etc. but most emissions problems seem to be fuel mixture related. oh, yea, if air filter is old, get a new one.