bikerjosh
Explorer
Yep, I know there are a lot of threads on replacing the seals but I'm under a time crunch. I've known that the time would come that I'd need to do this, but I just failed the visual inspection part of smog since the montero had smoke come out of the tail pipe after the tech rev'd it then let drop to idle.
Since my smog is due within a week and I won't get the time to swap the seals for a few weeks, is there anything I can do to temporarily cut down on the smoke to pass the smog test? Such as thicker oil, some magic oil additive to plump the valve seals or chemical (like adding Denatured Alcohol to gas to make an under performing CAT look better)?
I have to take it to a "STAR" smog station, so they tend to look it over pretty closely.
Thanks for any insight- Josh
Since my smog is due within a week and I won't get the time to swap the seals for a few weeks, is there anything I can do to temporarily cut down on the smoke to pass the smog test? Such as thicker oil, some magic oil additive to plump the valve seals or chemical (like adding Denatured Alcohol to gas to make an under performing CAT look better)?
I have to take it to a "STAR" smog station, so they tend to look it over pretty closely.
Thanks for any insight- Josh