i disconnected the terminals on my battery yesterday and i went to get my inspection done and they said my ecu's not ready? they said cause i disconnected my battery it messes the test up so now i have to put a bunch of miles on before they try again?

anyone ever have this problem before?

how many miles do i have to drive before i can take the test agian?

 

Yes, disconnecting the battery resets the ECU. The ECU then has to go through certain drive phases for approximately 100 miles before it "re learns" information and all.

Let me know how emissions goes with the test pipe.

 

^^ ok thanks, ill let you know!

 

100 mi is too much!
Here's what i did, after diconnecting bat. drive around 5-10 mi BUT you should perform
combination of stop shut down engine then start, drive again few times to get Ecu into cycle
works for me!

 

Yes, sorry I should be more clear. The car has to go through "cycles" such as highway speeds, city speeds, etc. I am unsure of the exact amount of mileage or time needed, but 100 miles should have you in the clear. I am going off what my old VW GTI required which was approximately 70 miles in different cycles.

 

just do this https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ec...mrfred-12.html

 

i drove my car over a hundred miles so i went to go back to get it inspected again and they said the same thing its not ready yet.

this is what it says:

OBD MONITOR READINESS STATUS:
Catalyst: Not Ready
Oxygen Sensor: Not Ready
Oxygen Sensor Heater: Not Ready

can someone give me some help on what i should do please

 

hmmm that's weird. I drove 40 miles and I was able to pass. I reseted because my rear o2 was out at the time.

 

Call me, I will tell you what needs to be done.

Sean

 

pm sent!

 

If you can get a hold of an OBDII scanner, it will also tell you what drive cycle(s) are ready. I tried doing Mitsubishi's Drive Cycle and it was a P.I.T.A.

 

 

???

anyone know the cycles i have to perform

 

bump for anyone that can help me with the cycles?

 

For the drive cycles to complete properly you have to have more than a 1/4 tank of gas, and less than 3/4 tank.

The car also has to go through a temperature change of more than 60* F. So let it cool down overnight.

Then when you go to drive it, fully warm it up, do some light to light driving, and then get on the highway and drive at 50-60mph on a steady light load for 10 minutes or so.

After, try to let the car go through some decel cruise. That should cover it.

or, you could buy yourself this little tool-->

http://www.thetoolwarehouse.net/p-1125-equus-3120.aspx

With it, you can see when the OBDII monitors complete. You don't need ALL of them to complete to pass emissions. If you get all but 1, it will pass. The tool is also great for pulling codes, and looking at your long term and short term fuel trims without years of logging. (you have to buy the model with live data, but worth it IMO)