[Vwdiesel] Calif. diesel smog check comming

[Tad]

I dunno how they do it in Cali, but here in Oregon the OBDII cars (post 96 I
think) don't get any kind of actual emissions or equipment check at the DEQ,
they just plug into the computer and check for trouble and readiness codes.

No codes, no problem.

My chipped TDI passes with flying colors (of course it would probably pass
the old-style smoke test as well, but that's beside the point).
I could have no cat or obvious emissions mods under the hood like
disconnected CCV/EGR (which I don't, btw) and they wouldn't care because
they don't look!  In fact I do have a mufflerectomy, which may or may not be
grounds for failure, but again it doesn't matter because they don't check.

On the other hand, last round I had trouble getting through due to an
annoying intermittent GP fault thanks to the old-style wiring harness.

On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:08 PM, William J Toensing
<toensing at wildblue.net>wrote:

> Warning! Diesels are coming into the Calif smog check next year (2010)
> which will cover 1998 & newer diesel cars & trucks. Those who have modified
> hopped up diesel pickups are going to be in a world of hurt. Don't know what
> this is going to do to diesels converted to run on waste vegetable oil. My
> guess is they won't pass smog. I don't know when they started putting OBD 2
> computers but gas powered ones got them in 1996 & this is one of the things
> they check during a smog check.
> Moral of this is if you don't want the hassle of the smog check which
> diesels were previously exempted from, buy a 1997 or older diesel. This
> probably applies to the 8 or so other states that copied the Calif Smog laws
> but this is just my guess.
> Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA
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