Failed Inspection
05-22-2008, 01:31 PM
#1
Failed Inspection The set up hasn't changed at all from last year, Hooker long tubes, dual catted magna flow Y, all air, egr is present and functioning. Maybe put a 1K miles on it in the last year. The car has a tick coming from the back of the passenger side head, I'm thinking it could have a miss fire on the 6 or 8 cyl maybe?
High Speed
HC Standard 114 187 Fail
CO% .63 1.30 Fail
CO2% 13.7
O2% 0.2
NOx 796 343
Dilution >6 15
Low Speed
HC Standard 117 215 Fail
CO% .65 1.40 Fail
CO2% 13.7
O2% 0.3
NOx 879 614
Dilution >6 15.1
High Speed
HC Standard 114 187 Fail
CO% .63 1.30 Fail
CO2% 13.7
O2% 0.2
NOx 796 343
Dilution >6 15
Low Speed
HC Standard 117 215 Fail
CO% .65 1.40 Fail
CO2% 13.7
O2% 0.3
NOx 879 614
Dilution >6 15.1
Last edited by BizZzatch350; 05-22-2008 at 01:43 PM.
05-22-2008, 02:01 PM
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Sorry to hear that Neil, man as I have always said they are really becomming ***** when it comes to inspection here in Houston. Hey check all your plug wires as I used to have a big problem with my wires burning on the headers and then arching causing that ticking noise and it failed me as well during an inspection a couple of years ago as well. Let me know what you find and good luck.
05-22-2008, 02:46 PM
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I was looking at you results and I wanted to know how old is your EGR ? and when you say it works did you apply vaccume to it ? when you put vaccum to it the car should stumble or die depending on how much vaccum is applyed. did you check the diaphram for proper operation ? it should not be cracked and move freely with the motor off, meaning it will move with very little effort from your fingers. I want to say when your HC's and your CO's are high it means your EGR is not working to its fullest, it could have carbon build up or a cracked diaphram, or even no vaccume to it, leaking gasket. defently check your spark wires, make shure they are connecting to the plug and not grounding out due to a crack in the wire, if need pull aplug and see what it looks like, good luck bro.
05-22-2008, 02:53 PM
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Since he found one wire burned and the number 6 cylinder not firing properly I would venture to say that is his problem. When mine was burned and I failed inspection I showed very similar numbers and the car kept bucking during the test. Once I fixed the wire problem it burned cleaner than a new car. Neil, get it fixed and see what happens as you won't have to pay for another inspection just take them your receipt and they'll run it again.
05-22-2008, 03:04 PM
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Hate to burst your bubble, but if you have the car registered in Harris county (houston) then some places will not inspect it. Used to live in CS as I went to TAMU and ran into this problem after they went to the sniffer test. You might find someone willing to do it but, alot of inspectors won't these days.
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05-22-2008, 03:08 PM
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Been doing my bird for the past 3 years. No problems. I tell them I'm a student, which I am, (so that could be a problem, but I have never heard of anyone getting in trouble even though they were not students), and they get it in and out quick. I only had one problem with my tint on my front windshield so I took it off and I was good to go.
05-22-2008, 07:37 PM
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Could be an exhaust leak messing with the o2 sensors. It would read more air than really was there causing it to dump fuel. The only reason i say that is because you very rarely diagnose a burnt wire by sound, especially since the engine is running and fans are on. Not that you cant, just that it is rarely very audible.
05-22-2008, 08:30 PM
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Well I visually saw it resting on the header tube with burn marks, also just started it up since its a little dark out and I can see the wire arching. I ordered some new plug wires from Thunder, I have like 15 days to retest for free, so If I can get it all squared away, that would be good. The car always ran smooth, never gave me any indication of a miss or some thing was wrong. Seemed like it pulled fairly strong as well, but I guess it makes some sense. I imagine a exhaust leak seemed like the likley thing to be, guess not.
