Sounds like the idiot who did your test is a moron.
Virginia DEQ - Air Check Virginia - Homepage
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# Dynamometer - Exhaust emissions are tested while a vehicle operates on a treadmill-like device, called a dynamometer, at 15 mph and 25 mph only. No high-speed testing is performed. This test will be given to most 1981 and newer vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating up to 8,500 pounds. The test is conducted by the inspector at the local testing facility.
# Two Speed Idle Test - Some vehicles' exhaust emissions are tested while operating at idle and at an engine speed of 2,500 rpm. This test is only for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 8,501 to 10,000 pounds; and for 1980 and older model year vehicles or other vehicles that, because of size or other mechanical configuration, cannot be accommodated on the dynamometer.
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You should only have had to do the 15 and 25mph test.
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Failed/Invalid result
An inspection that results in a failed/invalid due to rpm and/or dilution is an inspection that could not be completed accurately due to a vehicle problem encountered when attempting to perform the test.
* Invalid rpm readings may indicate that the vehicle is idling at an excessively high or low engine speed or is unable to maintain a stable rpm or vehicle speed within a required range.
* Invalid dilution readings may indicate an excessive exhaust leak, an air injection system problem (if equipped with this system) or some other vehicle problem which prevents a valid sample of exhaust emissions from being obtained.
Problems causing a "failed/invalid" result must be corrected before a complete inspection resulting in an overall result of "pass," "fail" or "waiver" may be obtained. "Failed/Invalid" tests are chargeable tests, and the owner is then entitled to one free retest within fourteen days of the failed/invalid test at the station that performed the original test.
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Virginia DEQ - Air Check Virginia - Types of Emissions Control Failures
Virginia DEQ - Air Check Virginia - Vehicle Emissions Inspection Report
Does your car idle normally? At the stock RPM?
Is your timing at stock?
Does your car hold RPM at 15 and 25mph?