Who's going to be first to successfully pass a CA OBD-II only test (no sniff) using the settings I posted?

 

I'm gonna try as soon as they start doing.it!

 

I met a guy last night that just purchased his evo ix in so cal. He said when he smogged it the place was straight obd2 testing.

I'm just worried about my check engine lights on the car. I'm wondering if I should try to disable the routine to check them or if that would just flag the car to fail.

 

That is interesting about the OBD-II only smog test. It's the first I have heard of in CA. If anyone else experiences one, ask lots of questions and share the knowledge with the community. The keys here are any changes to the OBD-II only testing equipment, the procedure used to probe your ECU for ROM ID, and the creation of a database that allows a comparison to be made between your VIN and the expected ROM ID for your evo. It is possible that the OBD-II only test could fail you because you have (illegally) loaded a different ROM into your ECU.

BTW - If you have a CEL it is an automatic fail. Read them with Evoscan, fix the root cause, clear them all, and then set the correct flags as described in post #290 in this thread to pass the OBD-II scans. Make sure you are catted (with a living cat!) in closed loop and fuel trims are not maxed out to pass the sniff test.

 

According to my smog guy, any cars 2000 and newer have to go through the obd2 test in california now.

If I shut off the routine that checks for the check engine light, would that be an instant fail? I'm just trying to figure out how to make the check engine light go off and stay off since I think one of my codes I have is the notorious p0300 which a lot of evo guys have.

 

Read the post right above yours.

I just smogged a month ago. They checked for codes and hooked up to be sure the parameters have been met. They also ran the sniffer.
I can load my stock ROM again and pass, no problem. But I would love to pass with the modded ROM so I don't have to swap any parts.

 

thanks to all who developed this. ny said yes to me today

 

For those that have used the posted settings and passed the obd2 test, can you post a screen shot of your readiness monitors on scantech so I can see if ours match?

 

So still nobody passed a Kalifornia OBD-II only test?

 

It looks like you are up Kaj! Let us know how it goes.

 

All the shops here still do the sniffer.

 

Does anyone have an updated link or copy of the video from the original post? That link no longer works and I am overdue on smog by over a year.

I just got my Tactrix cable and am currently stuck in the beginning. After I hook my car up and the computer 'Reads from ECU,' I am pretty lost.

ECU: 94170008

Thanks.

 

Just passed the new obd-II only test here in CA, at a star certified station no less, with a fully built 2.4l engine, port and polished head, 272 cams, 1000cc injectors, walbro fuel pump custom ecuflash tune from FFTec and the Teprah MOD setup to autopass all the tests the car is supposed to pass. Tech thought it was stock and I didn't correct him.

Going to be selling my car so needed a new smog; being in Fresno and seeing Kaj's post I expected the sniffer test as well but it looks like at least one smog shop is doing the new test now. Didn't ask too many questions as I didn't know they did the new test until after it happened. FWIW on my current tune with the stock exhaust the car passes the sniffer test as well.

 

Thanks for sharing. What ROM ID is in your ROM? In other words did it pass with a non-standard ROM? If so that means CARB are not comparing the read ROM ID to the expected ROM based on your VIN. That would be good news indeed for the rest of us who are running non-standard ROMs.

 

You must not have had any check engine lights on then correct? Or did you use the patches to avoid the light from turning on? Were you running the stock cat?