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I received the replacement flex pipe from FCP Groton but it's inner diameter is too small to fit on either the air box or the shield. I need this part to pass "visual" emissions inspection in NC... don't worry, the valve in the air filter box will never open again... hehehe!
Any other sources I should go after?
jorrell
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92 245 291K miles, IPD'd to the hilt, 06 XC70, 00 Eclipse custom Turbo setup...currently taking names and kicking reputations!
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The preheat hoses have been broken on my two '88 240's for at least 10 years. I always heard that the the contribution of the hose is minimal, and the damage to the AMM if you have a bad airbox thermostat isn't worth it.
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Please read the original message, the valve in the air box is blocked so it doesn't smoke a now outrageously expensive LH 3.1 AMM. In NC, they do a visual emissions inspection, all the parts have to be there, even if they don't do anything.
It's a very similar situation to the old "Ford trick" of putting a solid thin steel plate between the EGR valve and the intake manifold... passed visual inspection and prevented poor running.
jorrell
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92 245 305K miles, IPD'd to the hilt, 06 XC70, 00 Eclipse custom Turbo setup...currently taking names and kicking reputations!
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Sorry, I missed the part about the "visual" and I went right past the hehehe!
Here in Jersey, they are more lenient. I never had a problem with the broken hose.
I guess if the hose was gone completely, they'd know it should be there?
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In NC, the EPA Gestapo has a habit of slipping old cars into the inspection stations. A few years ago, an inspection station that I had used for years was fined $25K for one bad inspection and they lost their inspection license for a year. Two months later, the Texaco shop shut down, was bull dozed and replaced with a Starbucks. Around here, inspections are jokingly serious!
jorrell
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92 245 305K miles, IPD'd to the hilt, 06 XC70, 00 Eclipse custom Turbo setup...currently taking names and kicking reputations!
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I'm sure these old cars are going to destroy the planet!
Dan
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can't you just duct tape it for the visual?
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Weather,
Decades ago I used duct tape to get home when my car died on the road. Over the past decade though, I prefer doing a job once so I don't have to mess with it again during my lifetime.
Time is limited, and reliability is key... but then again, this dang pre-heat hose is just an annoyance imposed by an uneducated state government!
Fortunately, Steve A is sending me a used replacement. Thank you very much Steve!
jorrell
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92 245 291K miles, IPD'd to the hilt, 06 XC70, 00 Eclipse custom Turbo setup...currently taking names and kicking reputations!
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Hey John--the tube is in the mail!
Steve A-
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Nice! How did you mail a preheat hose? Inside a big box all coiled up?
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Steve,
Thank you for "paying it forward", I owe you one! If you need anything, please let me know!
jorrell
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92 245 291K miles, IPD'd to the hilt, 06 XC70, 00 Eclipse custom Turbo setup...currently taking names and kicking reputations!
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Jorrell, Check out wikipedia on 90-93 740 volvo745 The factory increased the rod size significantly and other make it sturdy up grades, but seems they lost the intercooler in the process boo! Perhaps this is a good 8V to begin with?
1 fatcat
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1fatcat,
I believe you responded to the wrong post, otherwise this water I'm drinking is white lightning!
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92 245 291K miles, IPD'd to the hilt, 06 XC70, 00 Eclipse custom Turbo setup...currently taking names and kicking reputations!
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Ok, it's in the corner right where I left it :)
Send me your address at sja_tda at hotmail dot com
best,
Steve A-
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I may have some from our 91 out in the garage--let me check.
Steve A-
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