Well, looks like Sept 1 is coming fast and you Austin guys know what that means......... emmisions tests! Wonder how many of our Evo's will fail. Any thoughts or ideas on this?

 

At least in H-town it is done through the obd2 port, if all readiness is set your golden. The sniffer test is only for OBD1 95 MY and older

 

Sux for those standalone guys, huh?

 

Does this crap include San Antonio? Thats why I left San Diego, 91 octane fuel and emmisions testing.

 

No man, it's just the usual Austin liberal BS. Damn tree hugging #@#()*$)()@#$(*#!!!

 

that sucks. sorry for you austin guys. but you know once it catches on there, it'll be here in no time

also, what can they look for with an OBDII and emissions?

 

strap on stock exhaust... pass inspection.... reinstall catback

 

they just look for obd2 readiness set codes if all is ok it will say pass. It's like 12 emissions tests your ECU does every time your engine starts. If any of them fail it usally triggers a CEL and you will fail emissions. The other part is the inspection is for Safety, ie thread depth, lights, horn, brakes etc.

 

I think it was Assassin who just passed emissions on his. Best part, he left his test-pipe in. You'll have to ask him about the details, but it was up here in N. Tex. So maybe they're different even though its a state thing? (well, technically, emissions testing is a federal law, just states choose to obey it or not)

 

I used to joke with my freinds that one day we would have to pay a TAX for air. It's not a joke anymore!

 

I thought they do a visual for the cat.

 

Any one know where I can get mine done before sept. that will not be strict about the check. Mine is out this month and would like to take care of it before sept. Oh. And I live in Austin.

 

So can you just reset your battery to remove the CEL, if you have one, and then have it pass emissions?

 

move to FL where they GOT RID of emissions 2 years ago. OR move here to AZ where all they can do is an idle check cuz they don't have an AWD set of rollers & don't do emissions until the vehicle is 5 yrs old...

 

I would think so only if they don't use the sniffer. If it looks stock and the ECU does not show any codes. Hope mine passes. I am going to try and I will let you know.