failed emissions

[osal]

hello guys,

i live in maryland and i was due for the emissions testin...i took my car and it failed:/

HC:
inspection reading: .90078GPM(failed by a lil bit)
state standards: .9000GPM

CO:
inpection reading: 11.8237GPM(passed)
state standards: 20.0000GPM

NOx:
inspection reading: 3.0787GPM(failed bad)
state standards: 2.1000GPM


They gave me about 4 moths before my next testin date.
Things i ve changed before testin:

oxygen sensor(2 months old)
plugs and wires(5 months old)
hks(2.5) exhaust
catco hi flow cat---causing high Nox ?
new distributor assy, and cap and rotor
checked timing 20btdc

I havent checked the egr until today and found a crack in one of those thin vaccum lines that conect to it..i ve heard of flushin the egr but how do i take it out?...its way in the back and there is no room, do i just have to take my intake manifold out?...

i ve done my search through the forums and found out that the catco is a 2way catalytic converter and havent really found somebody saying that they passed emissions with it. shuold i go back oem?...tell me what you guys think..i ll appreciate your help, thanks!


i forgot to mention my car is a 95 obd1(ka24de)..basic mods: intake, headers, exhaust, high flow cat
thanks again guys

[ByeByeSti]

wooohooo for failed emissions testing, i took my audi the other day and didnt have an o2 sensor and failed. got 60 days to make it pass but ya w/e

[ZX88]

regarding the catco 2 way just get a universal catco cat it seemed to work for me. or the guy doing the testing got fed up with having to get my car on the dyno jet and just passed me.

[worangejuice]

hows bout you don't fail it? jk. Search seafoam and clean the crap out of you're system right before you go in. Turn off you're CEL by pulling the ecu on the passenger kick panel. I assume you replaced that hose or taped it up. Also do an oil change, plugs, o2 sensor all that tune-up stuff and pray to the emission gods. * I didn't read you're whole post, but I typed all of this :)

[FaLKoN240]

http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=92533

[osal]

yea i read that post...but how do i get to the egr?...do i have to remove the intake mani?...