NYS inspection - finally passed emmisions!!!!!!!
03-14-2005, 08:42 AM
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NYS inspection - finally passed emmisions!!!!!!! So in November I go for a new inspection sticker and fail messerably. It pissed me off since my head and cam mods were done two years ago and I have not done any new mods since. Apparently, the sniffer test was changed making it much harder to pass in Westchester NY.
So for the past 4 months I have been doing a bunch of stuff to the car hoping to get it through.... These include:
1. new plugs
2. new wires
3. new 02 sensors,
4. Several LS1Edit fuel/air/spark changes
5. New oil, PCV, filters, etc
I returned and failed the sniffer test another 4 times. I was about to swap back the original heads and cam...UHG
Then I heard about the NYS test for OBD2 cars being changed in Janyuary 2005. Now they just plug in and see if you have any codes. If no, you pass...
The MUTT I was taking the car to did not tell me this and I thought that once I had failed the sniffer I had to pass the sniffer regardless of the new OBD2 plug&play law. I don;t know why this dog kept sniffing my car - 5 times for big fail - bastard!
Another NYS inspection station just took my $37 and pluged in, Since I did not show any codes, I was good to go!
Live and learn!
So for the past 4 months I have been doing a bunch of stuff to the car hoping to get it through.... These include:
1. new plugs
2. new wires
3. new 02 sensors,
4. Several LS1Edit fuel/air/spark changes
5. New oil, PCV, filters, etc
I returned and failed the sniffer test another 4 times. I was about to swap back the original heads and cam...UHG
Then I heard about the NYS test for OBD2 cars being changed in Janyuary 2005. Now they just plug in and see if you have any codes. If no, you pass...
The MUTT I was taking the car to did not tell me this and I thought that once I had failed the sniffer I had to pass the sniffer regardless of the new OBD2 plug&play law. I don;t know why this dog kept sniffing my car - 5 times for big fail - bastard!
Another NYS inspection station just took my $37 and pluged in, Since I did not show any codes, I was good to go!
Live and learn!
03-14-2005, 02:25 PM
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Would you mind sharing what shop you went to? I'm over the bridge in Rockland and we're a little behind the times 
I was just in White Plains today too, I should've looked for a place
I was just in White Plains today too, I should've looked for a place
03-15-2005, 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by robertbartsch
So in November I go for a new inspection sticker and fail messerably. It pissed me off since my head and cam mods were done two years ago and I have not done any new mods since. Apparently, the sniffer test was changed making it much harder to pass in Westchester NY.
So for the past 4 months I have been doing a bunch of stuff to the car hoping to get it through.... These include:
1. new plugs
2. new wires
3. new 02 sensors,
4. Several LS1Edit fuel/air/spark changes
5. New oil, PCV, filters, etc
I returned and failed the sniffer test another 4 times. I was about to swap back the original heads and cam...UHG
Then I heard about the NYS test for OBD2 cars being changed in Janyuary 2005. Now they just plug in and see if you have any codes. If no, you pass...
The MUTT I was taking the car to did not tell me this and I thought that once I had failed the sniffer I had to pass the sniffer regardless of the new OBD2 plug&play law. I don;t know why this dog kept sniffing my car - 5 times for big fail - bastard!
Another NYS inspection station just took my $37 and pluged in, Since I did not show any codes, I was good to go!
Live and learn!
So for the past 4 months I have been doing a bunch of stuff to the car hoping to get it through.... These include:
1. new plugs
2. new wires
3. new 02 sensors,
4. Several LS1Edit fuel/air/spark changes
5. New oil, PCV, filters, etc
I returned and failed the sniffer test another 4 times. I was about to swap back the original heads and cam...UHG
Then I heard about the NYS test for OBD2 cars being changed in Janyuary 2005. Now they just plug in and see if you have any codes. If no, you pass...
The MUTT I was taking the car to did not tell me this and I thought that once I had failed the sniffer I had to pass the sniffer regardless of the new OBD2 plug&play law. I don;t know why this dog kept sniffing my car - 5 times for big fail - bastard!
Another NYS inspection station just took my $37 and pluged in, Since I did not show any codes, I was good to go!
Live and learn!
Congrats! How often do you guys have to smog?
03-15-2005, 07:35 AM
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Smog is once every year - at inspection time.
The Mutt is the Moble station on central park avenue 1/2 mile south of the Westchester county center.
The good guy is a few miles away but he did a ligit inspection that used only the CPU module that checks for codes....
The Mutt is the Moble station on central park avenue 1/2 mile south of the Westchester county center.
The good guy is a few miles away but he did a ligit inspection that used only the CPU module that checks for codes....
03-15-2005, 10:27 AM
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Actually, it is not bad at all now. As long as you dont have any codes in your PCM you can pass the NYS test with a ton of bad mods.... No more sniffer...which is great for me...
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03-15-2005, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by robertbartsch
Actually, it is not bad at all now. As long as you dont have any codes in your PCM you can pass the NYS test with a ton of bad mods.... No more sniffer...which is great for me...
03-16-2005, 08:04 AM
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For bigger cubed cars the sniffer is a killer. The Jap stuff can get away with heavy mods under the sniffer but the V-8s cannot....
Consequently, eliminating hte sniffer and substituting the PCM code test is great for ur hobby.
Therefore, if you live in Commiefornia, bag it, and move to NY.
Consequently, eliminating hte sniffer and substituting the PCM code test is great for ur hobby.
Therefore, if you live in Commiefornia, bag it, and move to NY.
Thank god. Though it's interesting what I'll do if I go to a stand alone, well, when....but that's aways off. 