On 9/19/2015 10:11 AM, THE COLONEL, Ph.D wrote:
"EwaldBöhm" wrote in message ...

Apparently Volkswagen/Audi cheated on the USA emissions tests since
2009 to 2015 by turning off the EGR to lower nitrogen oxide emissions
ONLY when the car was being tested for emissions.

REFERENCES:
http://blog.ucsusa.org/volkswagen-ca...cle-recall-887
http://www.engineering.com/AdvancedM...EPA-Tests.aspx

http://hothardware.com/news/vw-inten...-482k-vehicles

etc.

My question is HOW did the car *know* it was being *tested* for
emissions?

My question is HOW did they name you ewald?
LOL



I had one of the first VW Rabbits in 1978. After about 48,000 miles
and about 4 years later, I was noticing significant oil usage, about a
quart every 500 miles. VW told me it was acceptable. Finally, I couldn't
deal with that response and paid the $125 VW wanted to have new valve
stem seals installed when they gave me their diagnosis to what was
happening.
A year later I read about a class action suit that had been brought
against VW by thousands of Rabbit owners for excessive oil usage in
their cars. It seemed that many owners, who didn't regularly check their
cars for oil were simply seizing their engines for lack of oil as they
ran them. VW agreed to pay each Rabbit owner where the problem was found
to exist a refund check of $125 rather than go to court.
It turned out that VW initially built the engines using substandard
valve stem seals. Had they used the ones recommended, which contained
teflon, and cost a dollar more per seal ($8 more per engine), the
excessive oil usage would not have occurred. As much as I truly enjoyed
my 1972 VW bug for its quirkiness but very reliable behavior, I have
continued to have doubts about ever buying another VW since the Rabbit
problem.
So, although I'm surprised at VW's elusive scheme to circumvent U.S.
pollution controls I'm not dumbfounded.

Jan Alter