Yet another reason NOT to move to Albuquerque, NM if you own a vehicle more than 6 years old:
Howdy,
I took my 76 RC to get emissions checked on Saturday past. Passed emissions EXCEPT for the gas cap. They have a new check on gas caps here in Albuquerque where they connect a hose to the cap. The hose generates a vacuum and it is supposed to detect a leaky cap. My cap is less than a year old, a locking gas cap.
The idiot doing the testing told me, "I recommend you get this kind of gas cap". and he showed me a threaded gas cap. My gas cap is the old bayonet style twist on cap. I said, "They are not the same cap!" I could not get it through his skull that a threaded cap would not fit my old RC filler neck. I could have appealed this but then I would have to take a day off from work, go down to the city owned testing stations and wait in line to file my appeal. (Only open Mon through Fri)
To make a long story short, I don't have a receipt for my current gas cap to prove it is less than a year old, so I went out and purchased a new one so I can hopefully pass inspection. Re-inspections are now an additional $10.
What really pisses me off about all this is that instead of mandating that the gas stations put those rubber boots on their gas nozzles like they do in more advanced states they passed a law requiring individual gas caps to be checked during emission inspections. I guess they feel more fumes escape via bad gas caps than during the act of filling up. Who really knows?
Just thought I'd throw this out there and maybe those of you in other states can fight stupidity like this if it ever rears its head in your state.
Mac
Howdy,
I took my 76 RC to get emissions checked on Saturday past. Passed emissions EXCEPT for the gas cap. They have a new check on gas caps here in Albuquerque where they connect a hose to the cap. The hose generates a vacuum and it is supposed to detect a leaky cap. My cap is less than a year old, a locking gas cap.
The idiot doing the testing told me, "I recommend you get this kind of gas cap". and he showed me a threaded gas cap. My gas cap is the old bayonet style twist on cap. I said, "They are not the same cap!" I could not get it through his skull that a threaded cap would not fit my old RC filler neck. I could have appealed this but then I would have to take a day off from work, go down to the city owned testing stations and wait in line to file my appeal. (Only open Mon through Fri)
To make a long story short, I don't have a receipt for my current gas cap to prove it is less than a year old, so I went out and purchased a new one so I can hopefully pass inspection. Re-inspections are now an additional $10.
What really pisses me off about all this is that instead of mandating that the gas stations put those rubber boots on their gas nozzles like they do in more advanced states they passed a law requiring individual gas caps to be checked during emission inspections. I guess they feel more fumes escape via bad gas caps than during the act of filling up. Who really knows?
Just thought I'd throw this out there and maybe those of you in other states can fight stupidity like this if it ever rears its head in your state.
Mac