THALL10326
The Champ
Got alot of good information at a meeting today, well good depending on how you look at it. Seems now most all the manufacturers have done a well enough job cleaning up their products that the EPA is no longer beating them over the head with a hammer. The new areas EPA is interested in now seem to be those of us that actually repair and sell the product to the public and the importers of aftermarket products. How bad has it gotton, well get this.
If you repair a EPA cerified saw and you have to replace a part that pertains to the emissions of that saw the part itself has to meet the exact same EPA certification as it did from the manufacturer. In simplier terms if a fellow brings in say a new 660 with a damaged muffler front and you remove it and put in place a new dual port cover instead of the solid cover it had guess what, if that fellow is from the EPA your gonna get a huge fine. If you take a single screw carb, yes the ones we hate, off a fairly new saw and replace with a fully two screw adjustable carb like they used on the older models and get caught your fined.
How bad has it gotten , ask Pep Boys. They only had to pay a 5 million dollar fine for importing China made products without EPA ceritifications. China didn't get fined, how nice.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpres...b14a70e1f812ccb18525771f00598dd0!OpenDocument
Why bring all this up. We've been put on notice, given a heads up ya might say, that someone somewhere is going to be made an example of. Not on the manufacturer end for they have pretty well satisfied EPA. They are now after sellers of China imports and yes, those us in little shops that tend to get loose with how we make repairs and do things as a good ole buddy to make that saw run better. Don't let it be you, do your repairs by the book and replace bad emission related parts with parts meant to replace that part, not some China knock off or old stlye OEM part that alters the emissions of the unit. That old stlye 3 screw carb, that BB kit or that old dual port cover we like may cost you a bundle now so be carefull, the dogs are on the hunt..
If you repair a EPA cerified saw and you have to replace a part that pertains to the emissions of that saw the part itself has to meet the exact same EPA certification as it did from the manufacturer. In simplier terms if a fellow brings in say a new 660 with a damaged muffler front and you remove it and put in place a new dual port cover instead of the solid cover it had guess what, if that fellow is from the EPA your gonna get a huge fine. If you take a single screw carb, yes the ones we hate, off a fairly new saw and replace with a fully two screw adjustable carb like they used on the older models and get caught your fined.
How bad has it gotten , ask Pep Boys. They only had to pay a 5 million dollar fine for importing China made products without EPA ceritifications. China didn't get fined, how nice.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpres...b14a70e1f812ccb18525771f00598dd0!OpenDocument
Why bring all this up. We've been put on notice, given a heads up ya might say, that someone somewhere is going to be made an example of. Not on the manufacturer end for they have pretty well satisfied EPA. They are now after sellers of China imports and yes, those us in little shops that tend to get loose with how we make repairs and do things as a good ole buddy to make that saw run better. Don't let it be you, do your repairs by the book and replace bad emission related parts with parts meant to replace that part, not some China knock off or old stlye OEM part that alters the emissions of the unit. That old stlye 3 screw carb, that BB kit or that old dual port cover we like may cost you a bundle now so be carefull, the dogs are on the hunt..
