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Emissions Compliance What’s Up For 2010?
Monday, November 5th, 2007
By Fred Shaefer
I remember when changes started to take place in cars to meet the 1970 Clean Air Act. These were the first standards for reductions in automotive emissions. I had just learned to adjust a set of points so the engine would actually run.
Over the next decade I saw changes that added hoses to connect things like charcoal canisters, exhaust gas recirculation valves, air intakes, manifolds, sensors, sensors, and more sensors, and some things that I am still not to sure what they are for. The catalytic converter was placed in the exhaust system in 1975 and the change to unleaded gas took place. Fuel injection, electronic ignition, computerized engine control and onboard diagnostics systems are now standard on all new cars. When I was younger I liked to work on my cars, now I do not even lift the hood.
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