California Passing smog w/ y pipe?
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California Passing smog w/ y pipe?
I have y pipe sitting in my trunk because I am afraid If I install it I will **** myself over. Do California smog places actually let the car run for 30 minutes before testing it. That sounds a bit odd. And how would I even convince them to do that.
Does California do a visual inspection? If so, I'm ****ed.
Secondly, If I actually do grow the ***** to install the y pipe, how easy is it to put the old one back on after I fail smog. Could I just swap them in and out for just the test... I'm not trying to spend hundreds of dollars failing smog tests.
Does California do a visual inspection? If so, I'm ****ed.
Secondly, If I actually do grow the ***** to install the y pipe, how easy is it to put the old one back on after I fail smog. Could I just swap them in and out for just the test... I'm not trying to spend hundreds of dollars failing smog tests.
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I would recommend leaving it on for the smog. A buddy of mine just got his car smogged and we replaced the y pipe with his stock, and he was running a ghost EGR so it was a close call, and his levels were border line to not passing. Uninstalling the old y pipe isn't as hard as you might think. You just unplug the O2 sensors and take off the y pipe. I'll admit that you'll need a funny swivel extension for the rear headers to get access to the old Y pipe, but you should be good in taking them off after. And yes, cali is a ***** about visual inspections. They're doing surprise ones nowadays, so after you smog, just call it a day and swap out that Y-pipe and be worry free for 2 years at least
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how do they test it and what are the limits? In ontario they hook up a sniffer and i passed with y pipe + high flow cat and a bad tune and it still passed.
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I know. It's just on the opposite side of the waterfall, right? Rather than being on the driver's side it's on the passenger one.
@Cars Yeah, we all have 3, except we don't have that rear sensor going after the Cat.
@Cars Yeah, we all have 3, except we don't have that rear sensor going after the Cat.
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We used to have emissions testing here in Florida a while back. One trick the tuners would use to pass emissions is to run the tank near empty, and add a few gallons of denatured alcohol, and then go test. Pass with flying colors every time with the sniffer. Now, you can just do the same thing with E85. Just remember that right after you test, go to a gas station and fill up your tank to dilute the E85.
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I have y pipe sitting in my trunk because I am afraid If I install it I will **** myself over. Do California smog places actually let the car run for 30 minutes before testing it. That sounds a bit odd. And how would I even convince them to do that.
Does California do a visual inspection? If so, I'm ****ed.
Secondly, If I actually do grow the ***** to install the y pipe, how easy is it to put the old one back on after I fail smog. Could I just swap them in and out for just the test... I'm not trying to spend hundreds of dollars failing smog tests.
Does California do a visual inspection? If so, I'm ****ed.
Secondly, If I actually do grow the ***** to install the y pipe, how easy is it to put the old one back on after I fail smog. Could I just swap them in and out for just the test... I'm not trying to spend hundreds of dollars failing smog tests.
I've even pointed it out to some smog shops and they still don't care. Just tell them the OEM one rotted out and you replaced it with an aftermarket one, should they look or ask. The only visual part is under the hood and making sure your CEL works properly and is not on.
Most shops let your car run for 20 minutes prior to the test (especially the pass or don't pay places) cause they want your cat as hot as possible to increase the chances of passing (lower NOx) and so that they get paid.
Go to "Pass or Don't pay" places...no need to waste money on smog tests like you said.
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