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can anybody help explain what the numbers mean c02 11.2 & 11.0 %02 5.1 & 5.2 HC 15 & 9 C0 BOTH 0 NO PPM 2.96 & 310 the car has 17000mi on it.
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Co2 is combustion efficiency
02 is oxygen
Hc is hydrocarbons aka raw unburnt fuel
Co is carbon monoxide aka nox

You want high co2 and low very thing else. If I knew the standards fr your car I could help you out furthe. Also did you pass or fail? Need all the info you got. Car, mods, pass or fail...
If you have high hc then you got a lot of raw gas in your exhaust if you have high o2 you got a lot of oxygen in your exhaust which means either a lean afr or exhaust leak pulling in outside air
You want low nox can't remember about it right now tho

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Check this out. Should be a sticky for smog questions

http://www.autoshop101.com/forms/h56.pdf

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the car passed the mods are stock explore heads 180 tstat aem cool air intake flowmaster muffs msd iginiton coil msd dizzy for the test i put the timming back to 10dg stock cats.
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Doesnt the smog slip give you the standard too and also what car is is you only said it passed and it's stock sorry

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sorry its a 1992 mustang gt 5spd 17k miles the slip give max allowed reading at 15&25 mph max HC IS 80&62 I GOT 15&9 MAX CO .052&.042 I got 0&0 max NO PPM 565&615 I GOT 296&310 the mods are explorer non p heads aem cool air intake 180 tstat msd dizzy msd ignition coil flowmaster muffs upgraded cooling system the rest is stock hope this helps.
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dont know if this help but it uses no oil at all and leaks no cooliant
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and it 170k on the engine not 17k sorry my heads must be in the clouds or it could be my 3 year old taking most of my attention.
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Well it looks like your car is doing great. Almost an antique/classic and it's posting some really good smog numbers. Like I said if you have high co2 everything else is pretty much taken care of. Keep up the maintenance and it should be good

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yea when i got the car about 5yrs ago it was getting at best 200 miles a tank now after all of the work i put it i get 300 with mixed city freeway and i got 377 out of a tank when i drove to redding all freeway i just didnt know what the numbers on the smog sheet meant thanks for the help.
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Man it's no problem and good job

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besides i read explore heads burn more efficiently then stock e7s [patriot]

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co is not aka nox

co is a rich indicator and

nox is when the combustion chamber is over 2500 degrees and nox is formed from heat

nitrogen with oxygen and x for unknown value because we dont know how many oxygen molecules formed into the nitrogen. nox is a man made gas.

I have my smog license. I have to know about all 5 gases like the back of my hand.

[ May 24, 2012, 11:12 PM: Message edited by: SacStangDriver ]

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so what should co be at.
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every car is different for the acceptable #'s. most cars should be under .5 co.

HC = unburnt fuel
CO = rich indicator
NOX = to much heat (egr takes car of this, or vvt)
O2 = lean indicator or misfire
co2 = combustion efficiency

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