Passed emissions on Friday
May 7, 2006 | 01:57 PM
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Passed emissions on Friday
I love AZ and OBDII.....I come in, truck is loping and almost stalling when I pull in to the booth (don't have my idle tuning down yet), exhaust smells like a "real car"....they plug me in to the computer, no codes, quick visual under the hood, and I'm on my way with my "Pass" certificate
May 7, 2006 | 03:08 PM
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to make sure everything is there to your year model and plugged in.
I have a friend that owns a tire shop / inspection station and he keeps talking about how they keep trying to pass emissions in my county.
Houston sits in Harris county and the emissions testing according to the plan was to be Harris county and the 5 surrounding county's.
it is an inspection on emissions equipment and exhaust gases according to year your car / truck was made.
it looks like California is setting the standard on this stuff.
I have a friend that owns a tire shop / inspection station and he keeps talking about how they keep trying to pass emissions in my county.
Houston sits in Harris county and the emissions testing according to the plan was to be Harris county and the 5 surrounding county's.
it is an inspection on emissions equipment and exhaust gases according to year your car / truck was made.
it looks like California is setting the standard on this stuff.
May 7, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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Houston doesn't have emissions yet? We've had them here for about 3 years now. Im about 50 miles north of Dallas and our air quality has never gotten bad. I figured Houston would be one of the first in the state to get emissions testing.
May 7, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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In California they put the vehicle on a treadmill (they call it a dyno but it doesn't measure HP) then they plug into the ALDL, check for codes and put a sensor, called the sniffer, in the tail pipe. Then even if you pass all of that, there is the visual inspection. If you have a home built cold air intake and pass all of the other tests you fail anyways because its not California Air Resource Board approved. Then after all that a large man in a three piece suit tells you to drop trou and grab your ankles and pay the "California smog tax".
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May 7, 2006 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by GoldenVelvet
In California they put the vehicle on a treadmill (they call it a dyno but it doesn't measure HP) then they plug into the ALDL, check for codes and put a sensor, called the sniffer, in the tail pipe. Then even if you pass all of that, there is the visual inspection. If you have a home built cold air intake and pass all of the other tests you fail anyways because its not California Air Resource Board approved. Then after all that a large man in a three piece suit tells you to drop trou and grab your ankles and pay the "California smog tax".
Last edited by skinnyVHO; May 7, 2006 at 07:26 PM.
