Failed CA Smog.....Need help please. Copy attached
02-14-2011, 05:24 PM
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I dont think you got it hot enough...you need to hop on the freeway (and not the 91 during traffic times 
) dont know where you are here in marvelous so cal BUT you have to get it hot...drive it for 1/2 hour at 60+ or so beore you go in...I live in Murrieta and have a long hill here on the 15 and before I go in for smog on any of my junk I climb that hill and I have passed every time...GET THAT CAT HOT
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p.s. Calif smog is a rip off and is over rated...they are slowly and systematicaly trying to get all old cars off the road...I have a 47 Ford with a flat head and received a notice a couple of months ago saying my car was observed smoking heavliy and I need to remove it from the highway...funny it has a new motor in it and doesnt smoke at all AND I havent drivin it since my sons wedding in october..bunch of lyin thieves...brought to you by the same people who say that a Hybrid pollutes less in the carpool lane with one person then sitting in traffic runnin on batteries...go figure!...ok off rant
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) dont know where you are here in marvelous so cal BUT you have to get it hot...drive it for 1/2 hour at 60+ or so beore you go in...I live in Murrieta and have a long hill here on the 15 and before I go in for smog on any of my junk I climb that hill and I have passed every time...GET THAT CAT HOT hope this helps
Cameron
p.s. Calif smog is a rip off and is over rated...they are slowly and systematicaly trying to get all old cars off the road...I have a 47 Ford with a flat head and received a notice a couple of months ago saying my car was observed smoking heavliy and I need to remove it from the highway...funny it has a new motor in it and doesnt smoke at all AND I havent drivin it since my sons wedding in october..bunch of lyin thieves...brought to you by the same people who say that a Hybrid pollutes less in the carpool lane with one person then sitting in traffic runnin on batteries...go figure!...ok off rant
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I hate all this Government intrusion and living in Commifornia, it's the worst. Sorry to hear about that B.S. with your old bomb.
02-27-2011, 10:16 PM
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Ok here is the old O2 sensor. How does it look to you guys??
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change your pcv and change your oil.... clean oil and clean a clean pcv will = better emissions...
02-28-2011, 12:13 AM
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Forgot to mention that I also changed the pcv grommet (on the top of valve cover gasket and it was shot, probably the original). My oil was changed less than 500 miles ago and still looks light.
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Been sitting for a few years, 150K plus and just a bit over the top.
Fuel additives will not assist during the test. You may try adding a pint of alcohol to the fuel.
If your exhaust header is cracked it can cause a rich condition.
A fresh O2 sensor may also help, but a fresh Cat WILL get you under the limits.
Fuel additives will not assist during the test. You may try adding a pint of alcohol to the fuel.
If your exhaust header is cracked it can cause a rich condition.
A fresh O2 sensor may also help, but a fresh Cat WILL get you under the limits.
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Yeah the o2 sensor wasn't new, It was the idle stepper motor that the PO had changed. I did replace the O2 with a new NTK/NGK
Will do odgreen89
Will do odgreen89
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Just an update for all of you that helped with advice. I passed my smog test today and the tech told me that it was running as clean as it could be for the miles it has (183,000).
Thanks again to all that helped!
Thanks again to all that helped!
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