Inspection due this month
11-09-2009, 07:07 PM
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I don't have a cat, and naturally am throwing an SES light, so I was a little worried when having to get my inspection last year.
I went to the "southside" of town and a small rinky-dink place passed me easily.
He had me turn on my lights, put my blinkers on, honk my horn, and I was done.
I went to the "southside" of town and a small rinky-dink place passed me easily.
He had me turn on my lights, put my blinkers on, honk my horn, and I was done.
11-09-2009, 07:15 PM
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On cars that are not OBD-II, they run the car on a dyno and stick a sniffer up the tailpipe. All LS vehicles are OBD-II so we have to pass the OBD-II test. They also visually inspect for cats but apparently a lot of shops don't do this since folks are able to get stickers without them (I have cats so has never been an issue for me).
11-10-2009, 11:44 AM
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http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/vi/
There is a difference between a stored not ready code and an active not ready code. When the SES light goes off should he drive 25 miles without error the stored code will delete itself (when you unhook the battery it may clear the active code, but not the stored code). Whenever we (Sewell Cadillac) had to do O2 sensor replacement with immediate inspection afterword (or any other repair related to code throwing), we would clear the code with the GM scan tool then drive the car 25 miles to clear it. Thats the only way it would pass inspection.
11-11-2009, 07:43 AM
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do you have a friend with hptuners? if so, you can tell if you'll pass real easily. just go to the dtc page in the scanner and look at the bottom part of the screen. It will show which tests are ready and which aren't. any more than two not ready's and you will fail. If your ses light is on at the time, you'll fail too. why not just get it fixed first? your codes sound like you changed the gear size or rear tire size from stock. And the guy that said to clear the codes and drive 50 miles, then get it inspected is wrong. The distance has nothing to do with it. You have to complete a full driving cycle before all the tests are run for your "ready/not ready" status.
