PA emissions, will i pass?
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Re: PA emissions, will i pass?
loopholes always made me happy...
but seriously.. if you can just get the waiver to be exempt of the emissions test... what the hell is the point of the test in the first place?
but seriously.. if you can just get the waiver to be exempt of the emissions test... what the hell is the point of the test in the first place?
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Re: PA emissions, will i pass?
ive never been able to do anything to a car for under $150..
Well I guess im going to have to try and work this loophole tomorrow. Are there any other tips to passing besides warming up the cat real good? A lot of the posts on here sound like its really shop preference but I have been told its all computer done and it has to run on the sniffer which is computer recorded and theres no way around it
Well I guess im going to have to try and work this loophole tomorrow. Are there any other tips to passing besides warming up the cat real good? A lot of the posts on here sound like its really shop preference but I have been told its all computer done and it has to run on the sniffer which is computer recorded and theres no way around it
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Re: PA emissions, will i pass?
Well since your car is older than 1996, it requires a dyno test. 1996+ cars require OB2 testing which basically tests for codes and readiness monitors, no sniffer. The only other way around the dyno test is to run a clean car instead of your car. But unless you know somebody at the shop, they're probably not going to do that for you.
By the looks of your readings, warming up the car probably isnt going to make you pass. That usually only works if your hydocarbon (HC), and or carbon monoxide (CO) readings are high. Your NOx readings usually get higher as the car gets warmer.
By the looks of your readings, warming up the car probably isnt going to make you pass. That usually only works if your hydocarbon (HC), and or carbon monoxide (CO) readings are high. Your NOx readings usually get higher as the car gets warmer.
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wow.. run a clean car instead of mine... Why the hell didnt I ever think of that? Its so genuis yet so simple! damn now im pissed at myself. I guess ill bring that up tomorrow when i go to my friends shop.
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wow.. run a clean car instead of mine... Why the hell didnt I ever think of that? Its so genuis yet so simple! damn now im pissed at myself. I guess ill bring that up tomorrow when i go to my friends shop. I just really need to get this thing passed and then once it is.. I have a year to plan to get it done legally.
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im not following... explain?
so heres the update.. it failed big time but im going to my moms friend who said he would try to pass it. He said that its all done on computers now so most people wont cheat because it goes right to harrisburg. So ive got him and then one last shop and im screwed big time.. i really need help figuring this out.
so heres the best part. I drive to the shop to get my car.. bils $270 which is $70 more then they said it would cost. Pull out of the parking lot get to the first intersection and it dies. They ran me completely out of gas. I sat in the middle of 202 (if your not familiar with this its the biggest pain in the *** highway ever and its in the middle of king of prussia.. home to some of the pissiest people around) and in the midst of this some guy pulls up in a camaro and says "you shoulda got a chevy" i look at him like you ignorant **** its the same engine!!! So i wait for 30 minutes for my mom to show up with a little gas cannister so i can get to the gas station and then go home... this hasnt been my day.
But really I need to figure out how to pass this inspection!!
edit: i also heard that its done by computers and is sent right to harrisburg so its much harder to cheat.
so heres the update.. it failed big time but im going to my moms friend who said he would try to pass it. He said that its all done on computers now so most people wont cheat because it goes right to harrisburg. So ive got him and then one last shop and im screwed big time.. i really need help figuring this out.
so heres the best part. I drive to the shop to get my car.. bils $270 which is $70 more then they said it would cost. Pull out of the parking lot get to the first intersection and it dies. They ran me completely out of gas. I sat in the middle of 202 (if your not familiar with this its the biggest pain in the *** highway ever and its in the middle of king of prussia.. home to some of the pissiest people around) and in the midst of this some guy pulls up in a camaro and says "you shoulda got a chevy" i look at him like you ignorant **** its the same engine!!! So i wait for 30 minutes for my mom to show up with a little gas cannister so i can get to the gas station and then go home... this hasnt been my day.
But really I need to figure out how to pass this inspection!!
edit: i also heard that its done by computers and is sent right to harrisburg so its much harder to cheat.
I was just saying you could go buy some illegal stickers in philly, Hell its been done bfore and is still being done.. but its not 4 everyone, so you either know or you dont..
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Brandon 1....Pennsylvania 0. (or 2 if your really counting) It passed today. I took it to another shop and explained it and he looked at the numbers and said yeah ill get it to pass. I came over there today and he said temperature is everything (thank you iroc350) so the car passed and by a lot i was really surprised. So now im enjoying my new stickers and the fact that this car will be able to see future mods...
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