Secondary air system not ready
08-01-2016, 11:36 PM
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Secondary air system not ready I finally talked my brother in law to sell me this car he's had sitting since 2008 it's a 2002 SS Camaro it has 34,000 original miles I had to put a new battery in it it will not pass smog because of the secondary air system not ready I've checked the air pump everything seems to be working properly but this code keeps coming up any advice
08-02-2016, 02:19 PM
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So then the test is not running for this system. You'd need to get a service manual and see what conditions and prerequisites are needed to run the DTCs that will complete this test, then determine which one hasn't occurred/isn't occurring.
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Anytime you clear codes with a scanner or replace the battery the emissions monitors will be reset and you will have to drive the car until the cycle is complete again. If secondary system is not ready then it seems to me it hasn't completed the cycle therefore if you take it to a smog check station it will say its not ready. Just drive it for a bit and it should complete the cycle. If the cycle is completed and there is something wrong with the secondary air system then a check engine light code will turn on, if the cycle completes and there is nothing wrong detected then monitor will change to ready. Once it is ready you are good for the smog check. I have an Innova scanner that lets me know when all monitors are ready. You dont need to buy a scanner though all you need to do is drive it for a bit.
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Any luck? I've run into the same problem with my 2001 c5. I've been working on the problem for a year. The car passed smog, but fail the "visual" because my intake was no longer legal in Ca. I disconnected the battery, put a stock Intake on and reconnected. I drove the car for 6 months everyday, 40 miles a day, and the secondary air module is still not ready. Smog Guy told me to change the secondary air valves and still no luck. I have no codes, no check engine light and have put over 10k miles over the passed year trying to get the system to be ready. Any ideas?
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I've run into the same problem with my 2001 c5. I've been working on the problem for a year. The car passed smog, but fail the "visual" because my intake was no longer legal in Ca. I disconnected the battery, put a stock Intake on and reconnected. I drove the car for 6 months everyday, 40 miles a day, and the secondary air module is still not ready. Smog Guy told me to change the secondary air valves and still no luck. I have no codes, no check engine light and have put over 10k miles over the passed year trying to get the system to be ready. Any ideas?
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My guess is, some prerequisite condition for running all the DTCs for the AIR system test isn't being met....the question is, why? A service manual might be helpful here.
