Woo Hoo!!!

[JulesMaximus]

Not as though there was much doubt...it's a Nissan Maxima after all (that's what the guy at the shop said, those aren't my words).

Kind of makes me wonder what kind of vehicles fail regularly...I should have asked him that just for lulz.

 

[halik]

You guys and your regulations, I think I may just put straight pipes on my car to prove a point...

I just had to spend 80 bucks because of stupid cali emissions... secondary air pump system on my car works about 1/2 the time.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: halik
You guys and your regulations, I think I may just put straight pipes on my car to prove a point...

I just had to spend 80 bucks because of stupid cali emissions... secondary air pump system on my car works about 1/2 the time.

Why would you have to spend $80 for California emissions? Your profile says you live in New York...

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: halik
You guys and your regulations, I think I may just put straight pipes on my car to prove a point...

I just had to spend 80 bucks because of stupid cali emissions... secondary air pump system on my car works about 1/2 the time.

Why would you have to spend $80 for California emissions? Your profile says you live in New York...

Oh the $80 part that broke were valves for extra emissions crap added to the car to pass the cali standards.

I used to live in NYC, but my cars are registered in Michigan I suppose I should change the profile now.

 

[Demo24]

Come on over to where I am, I'll show you some vehicles that won't pass.

<----lives in a no emission/inspection area

 

[LordMorpheus]

In middle school my buddies dad had a really old Ford pickup, 40s or 50s or so. Not hotrodded at all, no modern engine in it.

I remember him talking to my dad about passing the emissions test, apparently it was one of the cleanest vehicle the emissions guy had ever tested, and it wasn't even particularly well looked after (it was beat up, and used as a beater truck).

Looking back I suppose that could mean that he had an exhaust leak somewhere and wasn't actually giving all of his toxic goodness to the testing equipment, but who knows?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
In middle school my buddies dad had a really old Ford pickup, 40s or 50s or so. Not hotrodded at all, no modern engine in it.

I remember him talking to my dad about passing the emissions test, apparently it was one of the cleanest vehicle the emissions guy had ever tested, and it wasn't even particularly well looked after (it was beat up, and used as a beater truck).

Looking back I suppose that could mean that he had an exhaust leak somewhere and wasn't actually giving all of his toxic goodness to the testing equipment, but who knows?

It's funny, old cars and trucks smell different than newer cars with all the smog goodies on them. I like the smell of old car exhaust for some strange reason.

Stand behind a Champ car while it is idling...now that's another story. A more toxic smell you'll never sniff (they run on ethanol).

 

[rh71]

My 14-yr Rodeo passes strict emissions every year. Too bad it can't pass a power-steering test right now though.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: rh71
My 14-yr Rodeo passes strict emissions every year. Too bad it can't pass a power-steering test right now though.

Funny, my wife's last BMW was labeled a gross polluter and we had to take it to a smog test only station every 2 years. That's the one I sold to buy the Rodeo...which, ironically, did pass smog but was a total pile of crap in every other respect.

I just thought it was interesting the mechanic's belief that my car would pass with flying colors based on nothing more than the fact that it is a Nissan Maxima is all. I'm the original owner and I take excellent care of the car so I wasn't really concerned. All new vehicles go 6 years here before they need to be smogged, this is my first one with this car.

 

[SAWYER]

In backwoods Arkansas we don't have to do vehicle inspections. We used to back in the 90's but they stopped for some reason.

 

[CrackRabbit]

My old G20 failed Oregon emissions three times, turned out the spark plugs and wires and O2 sensor had never been changed (it had 170,000 miles on it) and the catalytic converter was completely dead.
Changing the plugs and O2 got it to within a hair of passing (failed on NOx only).
A new aftermarket converter fixed everything.

The AMC I had, had no emissions equipment at all. Was one of the last models off the line without a catalytic converter.

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
In middle school my buddies dad had a really old Ford pickup, 40s or 50s or so. Not hotrodded at all, no modern engine in it.

I remember him talking to my dad about passing the emissions test, apparently it was one of the cleanest vehicle the emissions guy had ever tested, and it wasn't even particularly well looked after (it was beat up, and used as a beater truck).

Looking back I suppose that could mean that he had an exhaust leak somewhere and wasn't actually giving all of his toxic goodness to the testing equipment, but who knows?

I have an 86 F-250 that smells terrible. Like my clothes smell from it when I get home. The engine is pretty shot, the cylinders leak and the compression is low and it burns oil and it gets about 4mpg. But it passed emissions with flying colors. Figure that out. All of this considered, I can't understand how any modern car would not pass unless it has some serious problem.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Most of the cars that fail are because of the gas cap.

...no joke.

My '91 Grand Prix passed easily with 250,000 miles when I sold it in 2001, an '87 Volvo 240 w/ 350,000 miles passed easily in 2005 once the gas cap was replaced (the cat had been replaced a few years earlier), and my Dakota was so far below the line last year that it was a breeze with 97,000 miles. It seems like around the late 80's they made emissions equipment more reliable or something. EFI does go a long ways too.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Most of the cars that fail are because of the gas cap.

...no joke.

My '91 Grand Prix passed easily with 250,000 miles when I sold it in 2001, an '87 Volvo 240 w/ 350,000 miles passed easily in 2005 once the gas cap was replaced (the cat had been replaced a few years earlier), and my Dakota was so far below the line last year that it was a breeze with 97,000 miles. It seems like around the late 80's they made emissions equipment more reliable or something. EFI does go a long ways too.

They test the gas cap separately. It is all hooked up to a computer and the car is run on a dyno with the sniffer in the tailpipe. The computer tells the operator to put the car in gear and hold the revs up at around 2,000rpms while it measures your vehicle's emissions. It is pretty sophisticated actually.

Edit-If my gas cap was faulty I'd have a check engine light on.

 

[zoiks]

My old Nissan 200SX and 240sx barely passed after failing twice.