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Main Title Emission testing of 1974 Pontiac V-8 with defective thermal vacuum valves.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Ann Arbor, MI. Technology Assessment and Evaluation Branch.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Mobile Source Air Pollution Control, Emission Control Technology Division, Technology Assessment and Evaluation Branch,
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA-AA-TAEB 76-21
Stock Number PB80-159478
OCLC Number 780443690
Subjects Air--Pollution--United States ; Automobiles--Motors--Exhaust gas ; Air quality--Standards--United States ; Pontiac automobile ; Vehicle Emissions
Additional Subjects Automobiles ; Exhaust emissions ; Air pollution control ; Thermostatic valves ; Fuel consumption ; Distributors ; Carburetors ; Pontiac automobiles ; Motor vehicles(1974 models) ; Air pollution control equipment
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ELBD ARCHIVE EPA AA-TAEB-76-21 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 03/12/2024
ELCD  EPA AA-TAEB-76-21 NVFEL Library/Ann Arbor, MI 03/26/2012 DISPERSAL
NTIS  PB80-159478 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 11 pages : illustrations, charts ; 28 cm
Abstract The EPA became aware that there were problems with the Thermal Vacuum Valve (TVV) installed in 1974 Pontiac V-8's. To confirm the existence of the problem, functional tests were conducted on TVV's collected from in-service Pontiac vehicles. These tests consisted of applying a controlled vacuum to the valves while raising their temperature in a stepwise fashion and observing when they actuated. The majority of the valves tested failed to meet their design specifications. In order to quantify the effect of the failed valves on emissions, exhaust emissions tests were conducted with the TVV's installed in a 1974 Pontiac. However, only a limited test program was undertaken. This report describes the exhaust emission test program and presents the data and results. The conclusions drawn from these tests are necessarily of limited applicability. A complete evaluation of the degradation of the emission control system caused by defective TVVs on the 1974 Pontiac V-8's requires a much larger sample of test vehicles than is economically feasible in in-house test projects conducted by EPA.
Notes Cover title. "June 1976." "EPA-AA-TAEB 76-21."
Place Published Ann Arbor, Mich.
Corporate Au Added Ent United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Mobile Source Air Pollution Control. Emission Control Technology Division. Technology Assessment and Evaluation Branch.
NTIS Title Notes Technical rept.
PUB Date Free Form 1976
Category Codes 13F; 85H; 68A
NTIS Prices PC A02/MF A01
Primary Description 200/05
BIB Level m
Medium unmediated
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Control Number 323776829
OCLC Time Stamp 20240220213017
Language eng
Origin OCLC
Type MERGE
OCLC Rec Leader 02409cam 2200481 a 45010