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Old 09-24-2012, 11:06 PM   #21 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Originally Posted by darcane View Post
Do you know if this applies to the 7th Gen HX as well? I can feel my '01 HX stumble/surge as the rear O2 sensor drops to 0.000 and back, which I understand to be indicators of lean burn. The original owner of my car was in California, so I believe mine is a California car with Lean Burn. It even has a sticker on the window indicating ULEV - 50-state/CARB legal.
I don't know, but I believe the 2000 Insight had LB and was not only legal in Cali but was categorized as an ultra low emissions vehicle under state law. I would guess that Honda had figured out how to improve emissions enough to qualify all their lean burn engines in Cali and so, I guess, maybe that explains how the 7th gen Civic (2001-2005) was CARB qualified.

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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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