Getting Rid Of Polution Gear - What Happens?

[sammo[RL]]

I was knocked back for not having my PCV valve hooked up, which is the small one-way valve at the far end of the rocker cover,

which is supposed to be on any vacuum hose run to the carburettor. It takes a minute to fix, if you have a vacuum hose. Also

the charcoal canister wasn't previously hooked up, but the hoses were there so just plugged it in then and there.

 

Once you've gotten your car past the rego stage, you don't really need to worry about it.

 

But a word of advice, the pollution gear which is GOOD to leave hooked up is the PCV valve and the charcoal canister as they

are both beneficial to your engine and car.

 

Spot on vince. If it were up to me, you must keep PCV and charcoal canister, to at least look legit.

 

We took most of the hoses off my bros 55 (and being an auto, there were quite a lot!) kept PVC and CC, never had a prob...

[ke11restorer]

my turbocharge is the pollution gear

[anastasios]

yea people wouldnt really know its missing at all, police wouldnt know that you have changed the carby, just tell them its all stock, just take it out

[Felix]

yea people wouldnt really know its missing at all, police wouldnt know that you have changed the carby, just tell them its all stock, just take it out

 

Yea possibly. If you were to get pulled over by a main roads vehicle inspection you'd most likely be defected and have to take it over the pits.

 

Gotta love pre-ADR cars.

[Old fella]

My KE70 is fitted with a weber and extractors and has had all of the pollution gear removed ...with the exception of the PCV valve, the charcoal cannister and the crank case breather (from the tappett cover). I put it through a roadworthy inspection like that and had no problems at all. Mine is an 82 and the sticker under the bonnett stated that the vehicle was pollution complied to meet California laws, so I peeled it off. I don`t live in California anyway.

Don`t make the mistake of venting your crank case breather through a filter attached to the tappet cover outlet, the gasses cannot be vented directly to the atmosphere and you will get busted.

Don`t loose too much sleep about it. Most members of the constabulary wouldn`t know shit from clay about pollution gear, let alone cars in general.

Cheers.