Can I pass smog with bad lifter?
Thread Starter
Staging Lane
Joined: Aug 2019
Posts: 97
Likes: 5
Can I pass smog with bad lifter? Long story short my lifter went out 3 months back and I let my car sit. I only drove it about 20 miles on the bad lifter but I was wondering if I could pass smog in ca with a bad lifter? Will it make it run rich or worst or sum? I I took valve covers off but nothing looked bad so I put it back together.i don’t remeber how my oil pressure was but it was defiantly Atleast 50 when started up. Also will I kill my engine or will the cam only be damaged?
thankkksss
thankkksss
TECH Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 22,307
Likes: 3,622
From: Central Cal.
Thread Starter
Staging Lane
Joined: Aug 2019
Posts: 97
Likes: 5
TECH Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 22,307
Likes: 3,622
From: Central Cal.
TECH Fanatic
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,802
Likes: 333
From: Wilmington, De
Let's assume that you don't damage your engine and take it for a smog check. Do you really think the techs aren't going to notice your engine sounding like a road crew breaking concrete?
Fix your damn engine.
Fix your damn engine.
Trending Topics
It amazes me how often I see vehicles with an inspection sticker emitting large amounts of blue smoke from the tail pipe. Obviously these are people that have neglected their engines but they can pass an emissions test no problem.
BTW...OP...Fix your engine. It will cost you more in the long run if you continue to drive in its current condition. It could be anything from a clogged lifter, to a worn camshaft lobe, pushrod, valve, valve spring or a worn or loose rocker arm.
BTW...OP...Fix your engine. It will cost you more in the long run if you continue to drive in its current condition. It could be anything from a clogged lifter, to a worn camshaft lobe, pushrod, valve, valve spring or a worn or loose rocker arm.
Last edited by 01CamaroSSTx; May 7, 2021 at 05:25 PM.
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
Topdon ONE vs. Artidiag 800 BT2: Which is the Diagnostic Tablet For You?
Pouria Savadkouei
Gas Monkey Built a 6-Wheel Ferrari Testarossa With a Corvette LT4 Engine
Verdad Gallardo
7 Most Reliable High-Performance Engines GM Has Ever Built
Verdad Gallardo
Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin
Verdad Gallardo
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo 1996 and newer vehicles no longer require a dyno/sniffer test. Just the OBD2 test. And it does take a snapshot of the ECU calibration numbers...
Some pass/some don't... but they dont mess around if they do catch you.
So as long as they are not blowing heavy smoke when they come in, they will get a pass as long as the emission test are ready and passed and they pass the visual inspection and all required emission devices are still in place and do not appear to have been tampered with.
If the catylic converts were replaced, the number has to be visible and correct for that application.
If you have replacement/performance parts they better have the E/O carb number so the tech can look it up and verify it. It will be documented at the time of inspection.
Some pass/some don't... but they dont mess around if they do catch you.
So as long as they are not blowing heavy smoke when they come in, they will get a pass as long as the emission test are ready and passed and they pass the visual inspection and all required emission devices are still in place and do not appear to have been tampered with.
If the catylic converts were replaced, the number has to be visible and correct for that application.
If you have replacement/performance parts they better have the E/O carb number so the tech can look it up and verify it. It will be documented at the time of inspection.
1996 and newer vehicles no longer require a dyno/sniffer test. Just the OBD2 test. And it does take a snapshot of the ECU calibration numbers...
Some pass/some don't... but they dont mess around if they do catch you.
So as long as they are not blowing heavy smoke when they come in, they will get a pass as long as the emission test are ready and passed and they pass the visual inspection and all required emission devices are still in place and do not appear to have been tampered with.
If the catylic converts were replaced, the number has to be visible and correct for that application.
If you have replacement/performance parts they better have the E/O carb number so the tech can look it up and verify it. It will be documented at the time of inspection.
Some pass/some don't... but they dont mess around if they do catch you.
So as long as they are not blowing heavy smoke when they come in, they will get a pass as long as the emission test are ready and passed and they pass the visual inspection and all required emission devices are still in place and do not appear to have been tampered with.
If the catylic converts were replaced, the number has to be visible and correct for that application.
If you have replacement/performance parts they better have the E/O carb number so the tech can look it up and verify it. It will be documented at the time of inspection.