failed emissions test

Hi all!

I just had an emission tests on my 1994 850 turbo wagon and failed two portions:

ASM2525 Test
HC ppm: limit: 58 reading: 90 FAIL
CO%: limit: 0.32 reading: 0.58 FAIL
NO ppm: limit: 435 reading: 5 PASS
RPM: 1625 VALID
Dilution: 15.5 VALID

Curb Idle test
HC ppm: limit: 200 reading: 43 PASS
CO%: limit: 1.00 reading: 0.12 PASS
NO ppm: N/A
RPM: 877 VALID
Dilution: 13.4 VALID

Don't really know how to interpret these readings. The test was done in Ontario and reads, in part,from the exhaust.

The car had been sitting for a couple of weeks without being driven at all and was pretty cold going into the test. Tester said he would heat up the car before testing. After the failed results he suggested a tune up, but at a not participating drive clean garage where work done could be tallied towards a max limit needed to be spent on imptrovements.
Any suggestions as to what causes or what I can do myself to improve the results besides checking the air filter, spark plugs, changing the oil and taking it for a nice long fast drive?

 

Hi, I don't really understand emission control tests, but I would think we are talking about the amount of smoke getting past the rings in your engine that mixes with the exhaust fumes after a cylinder burn and is expelled out of your exhaust.
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