Yea if I had been driving a ricer with a fart can then I would have actually thanked him for failing the car. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />
Wouldn't a polluter car with no drive cycle history fail the emissions just the same as if they did have a drive cycle history? Whats to stop a guy from putting all the smog equipment back on his car just for a drive cycle and test?
I'm to the point where I'm driving it anyway. They make it ridiculously difficult to comply so......F em!!!!
Depends on the failure. There are a number of failures that are border line or intermittent that can pass a drive test. In Oregon, all we need to do is pass an OBD test. So people look for ways of clearing a CEL.
On my Passat, it still would pass emission's test, but it on a long drive it would throw a CEL because the fuel compensation percentage was hitting a maximum range. The system still worked, but the closed loop control was way off. That would probably (did) throw off the mixture at full throttle and full throttle is not tested.
I could have cleared the CEL driven it and passed.
I went with replacing the MAF. Car runs better, and get a bit better fuel economy. Long run it may get my converters to last longer.
I feel your pain... I did two turbo engine swaps in California. I had to get tested a couple of times before I got it right. Even after it was legal , the local sops were afraid to inspect it. They were sure it was a CARB operation. Apparently, the CARB will send bogus vehicle's out to see if they get passed. This bit of fear keeps the inspectors in-line.
