Just got my inspection today. Passed the sniffer with test pipes. I thought I would have to pay the guy off but guess my car is running pretty clean.

 

Cool. Scan and post the test results.

 

your car must be running super clean. i'm a smog tech and i can only remember one car that ran clean with no cat, and that was a Ford Ranger...weird..

 

Weird indeed...

 

all i have is a reciept,

all it says is:

inspection OBD

$39.95

lol

 

man all you bigger cities with a big import scene have hardcore inspections. my brake tag place didnt even take my proof of insurance because he said the fact that i offered meant i have it haha. i have no idea what a smog test even consists of.

 

Weird, I just had one last monday and I got all the result sheets.

 

im in texas, i know cali is much more hardcore about this.

 

Do they actually do a sniff test?

for '96 and later (OBDII) most states simply do a download from the ECU.

bill

 

the guy did something that took 10 minutes. had my car idling. he was on a computer typing stuff the whole time.

 

My SVT Focus passed in cali with the ORP installed. Thats was a shock , Nevada all they do is hook up to your OBDII port and if you have no faults or CEL your good.

 

those late model Ford Focus four bangers are zero emission vehicles...very clean.

 

Ah yes! Good old Florida. No inspections and no emissions testing!

Leading the way to a cleaner tomorrow.

 

and no front license plates FTMFW

 

Good point!

 

Then I would be almost certain that he simply connected his terminal to the OBDII port and downloaded the ECU data.

As i said, most, if not all, states do not do sniffer tests on OBDII ('96+) cars.

bill

 

Here is a link to the official Texas test procedure.

As i suspected, it is just a download from the OBDII port. the sniffer test is not done on '96+ vehicles.

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/vi/Misc/faq/faq_obdii.htm

 

You didn't pass the sniffer. In Texas, they just download the codes from an OBD2 system. Only older OBD1 cars go up on the dyno with a probe in the pipe. If you have the codes programmed out for your test pipes, or you just didn't have any, then you'll pass without a problem, assuming they don't do the visual underneath like they are supposed to.

 

Well it has already been said a couple times, they don't sniff 96+...just read the computer for codes. They are supposed to do a visual inspection but they don't...my 98 firebird was definately not legal and they passed it. It had longtubes, not cats and barely an exhaust. They plugged it into the computer....which we edited the codes out of...and it came back clean so they passed me. The cam in the car was so huge it idled at 1300rpm, barely idled.

I have an 87 Turbo Regal that passes the sniffer with test pipes, so it can be done...it's a special tune for inspections.

 

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