does anyone have experience with ontario drive clean on a carb'd car?

[twobone]

When I bought my 90' caterham, it squeezed thru drive clean when the dealer tuned the weber crossflow to barely running (super lean and massive advance).

 

I will try to replicate...but if I can't, what is the reality of the multiple fail scenario? Do I really have to rack up $450 in useless repairs?

[Ian7]

When I bought my 90' caterham, it squeezed thru drive clean when the dealer tuned the weber crossflow to barely running (super lean and massive advance).

 

I will try to replicate...but if I can't, what is the reality of the multiple fail scenario? Do I really have to rack up $450 in useless repairs?

 

IIRC the rules only applied to cars more than 3 and less than 15 years old, but that was back in 2005-ish, might have changed. (I lived up there until recently).

 

I also seem to remember that failing, and showing proof that youpaid to have TRIED to fix it is all that matters; no retest required (ie only have to "fix" it once, even if unsuccessful). Stupid, but thats how they explained it to me then.

[Canadian 7]

Only problem of the "tried to fix it" is that it is only good for one year instead of 2.

[Birkin42]

I thought the 15 year old exemption was only in effect when they brought drive clean in. I think a car that was required to be tested ages past 15 years will still have to be tested until the car is taken off the road.

I also thought that if you fail, you need to spend $x to try and fix. If it still fails, you get a 1 year pass, but I thought the following year there was no limit on what would need to be spent to get it to pass. If you cannot get it to pass, you cannot get your sticker renewed.

I could be wrong on either of these, but that was my understanding.

I'm sure this is all explained somewhere on a government web site if you dig for it.