Emissions Question

[fords4life]

So I have the Colorado "Collector Vehicle" plates which means I only have to do emissions every 5 years. At the same time, I don't want to redo everything just for emissions every 5 years. Thinking I need to leave the smog pump system, O2 sensor, and cats alone for now. Wondering though if I can just slap a "racing" lower intake manifold gasket in to block the flow of exhaust to the EGR so I can quit dumping the nasty stuff into the intake. Any thoughts from those of you more intimate with the '86 EFI setup than I am? They don't check EGR function during the test. They just make sure all equipment is installed and that it passes the numbers.

[Gary Lewis]

You may get codes from the computer as it expects the exhaust gas to lean out the mix, and w/o it the mix at part throttle will be quite rich. I'm not sure the computer can adjust far enough to bring the mix back into the proper range. But it is easy to try and put back if needed.

[fords4life]

You may get codes from the computer as it expects the exhaust gas to lean out the mix, and w/o it the mix at part throttle will be quite rich. I'm not sure the computer can adjust far enough to bring the mix back into the proper range. But it is easy to try and put back if needed.

This is why I posted..... lol I hadn't thought about that part. Darn early EFI always getting in the way.

[vjsimone]

You may get codes from the computer as it expects the exhaust gas to lean out the mix, and w/o it the mix at part throttle will be quite rich. I'm not sure the computer can adjust far enough to bring the mix back into the proper range. But it is easy to try and put back if needed.

I don't know for sure, but I would think the computer will adjust the F/A mix for this at warm cruise without seting a code. Providing the O2 sensor is fuctioning properly.

Now, during self test the computer may test for this and set a code.

But, like you say, easy enough to test out.