Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on March 6, 1980.
As of Tuesday, September 17th, 2024 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Models
1978-1979 and older vehicles with standard PCV systems, EXCEPT: (1) Vehicles with three-way catalyst (2) Fuel injected vehicles (3) Chrysler lean burn

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-26-5
  • Executive Order 26-5 / D26-5
  • ARB # D-26-5
  • Executive Order No: D-26-5
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-26-5
  • Resolution D-26-5
For Free CARB Executive Order Status verification, email an image of the device Executive Order label as well as the Year/Make/Model and Test Group # of the vehicle to [email protected]

Download: Executive Order D-26-5 PDF

D-26-5 Document:


CARB_D-26-5

                                                                      (Page 1 of 2)


                            State of California
                            AIR RESOURCES BOARD

                           EXECUTIVE ORDER D—26—5
                Relating to Exemptions under Section 27156
                            of the Vehicle Code


                          APO INTERNATIONAL INC.
                  "APO MARK II GT VAPOR INJECTOR SYSTEM"

 Pursuant to the authority vested in the Air Resources Board by Section
 27156 of the Vehicle Code; and

 Pursuant to the authority vested in the undersigned by Sections 39515
 and 39516 of the Health and Safety Code and Executive Order G—45—5;

 IT IS ORDERED AND RESOLVED:   That the installation of the "APO MARK I1I
 GT Vapor Injector" manufacturered by APO International, Inc. of 5201 South
 Hampton Road, Dallas, Texas 75232 has been found to not reduce the
 effectiveness of required motor vehicle pollution control devices and,
 therefore, is exempt from the prohibitions of Section 27156 of the Vehicle
 Code for 1978 and 1979 model year vehicles with standard positive crank—
 case ventilation systems except for the following:

      1)    Vehicles equipped with 3 way catalyst.

      2)   Vehiclées equipped with fuel injection gasoline engines.

      3)    Chrysler vehicles equipped with Tean burn emission
           control sys tems.

This device consists of a glass bottle, rubber hose, brass tee with ball
 check valve, flow restrictor (identified by APO Part No. R—18—1) and a
 proprietary fluid.

 This Executive Order is valid provided ‘that installation instructions
 for this device will not recommend tuning the vehicle to specifications
 different from those submitted by the device manufacturer.
 Changes made to the design or operating conditions of the device, as
 exempted by the Air Resources Board, that adversely affect the per—
 formance of a vehicle‘s pollution control system shall invalidate
 this Executive Order.

 Marketing of this device using an identificacton other than that shown
 in this Executive Order or marketing of this device for an application
 other than thoss lTisted in this Executive O:irder shall be prohibited unless
 prior approval is obtained from the Air Resources Board. Exemption of
 a kit shall not be contrued as an exemption to sell, offer for sale
 or advertise any component of a kit as an incividual device.


APO INTERNATIONAL INC. .                                  EXECUTIVE ORDER D—26—5
"APO MARK II GT VAPOR INJECTOR SYSTEM®" .                       (Page 2 of 2)

This Executive Order does not constitute any opinion as to the effect
that the use of this device may have on any warranty either expressed or
implied by the vehicle manufacturer.

THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CERTIFICATION, ACCREDITATION,
APPROVAL, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF ENDORSEMENT BY THE AIR RESOURCES BOARD OF
ANY CLAIMS OF THE APPLICANT CONCERNING ANTI—POLLUTION BENEFITS OR ANY
ALLEGED BENEFITS OF THE "APO MARK II GT VAPOR INJECTION SYSTEM".

No claim of any kind, such as "Approved by Air Resources Board" may be made
with respect to the action taken herein in any advertising or other oral
or written communication.

Section 17500 of the Business and Professions Code makes untrue or mis—
leading advertising unlawful, and Section 17534 makes violation punishable
as a misdemeanor.                                  |

Section 43644 of the Health and Safety Code provides as follows :

     "43644.   (a) No person shall install, sell, offer for sale, or
     advertise, or, except in an application to the state board for
     certification of a device, represent, any device as a motor vehicle
     pollution control device for use on any used motor vehicle unless
     that device has been certified by the state board. No person shall
     sell, offer for sale, advertise, or represent any motor vehicle
     pollution control device as a certified device which, in fact, is
     not a certified device. Any violation of this subdivision is a
     misdemeanor."                                         '

Any apparent violation of ‘the conditions of this Executive Order will be
submitted to the Attorney General of California for such action as he
deems advisable.


Executed at El Monte, California, this      é;/‘       day of March, 1980.


                                         /7//
                                     .& D. Drachand, Chief
                                    Mobile Source Control Division



Document Created: 2005-09-01 12:40:32
Document Modified: 2005-09-01 12:40:32

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