California Smoging diesels
#1
California Smoging diesels
Got my registration renewal in the mail and it was stamped Smog certification required....
Thought it was a mistake so I sat in DMV to get it corrected for an hour... only to find out that all 1998 and newer Diesels have to have a smog certification...
a little more research and the test is a visual only to make sure that all the smog devices are on the truck and to check for excessive smoke.. (tech stands there and watches while you rev it.. then says pass or fail)..
Good thing I left my Cat on the truck..
What a crock!!!...
Thought it was a mistake so I sat in DMV to get it corrected for an hour... only to find out that all 1998 and newer Diesels have to have a smog certification...
a little more research and the test is a visual only to make sure that all the smog devices are on the truck and to check for excessive smoke.. (tech stands there and watches while you rev it.. then says pass or fail)..
Good thing I left my Cat on the truck..
What a crock!!!...
#3
well took it in for its check... Everyone that has programmers better beware.. they basically plug it into the OBDII plug and check for programmers and make sure you have not removed the Cat or any smog device.. then blip the throttle and make sure there isn't excessive smoke..
What is excessive smoke I asked.. Well we know how much smoke is supposed to come out.. This from a guy reading the book to see what the truck needed in the way of smog equipment.
Glad I left the Catalytic converter in mine...
So hope your programer puts back the program it took out...
This really SUCKS!!!!
What is excessive smoke I asked.. Well we know how much smoke is supposed to come out.. This from a guy reading the book to see what the truck needed in the way of smog equipment.
Glad I left the Catalytic converter in mine...
So hope your programer puts back the program it took out...
This really SUCKS!!!!
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#7
I watched the BAR videos and plugging into the computer also checks to see if it has recently been reprogramed.. if it has """FAIL"""
I guess if you have no stored codes it is an indication that it had a programmer in it.
#8
I was at a speed shop in CA when a guy who just got a killer deal on a new 3500HD dually and ask the counter guy is there were any chips and exhaust on the market for his truck yet...mind you this was when the housing market crashed and dealers were slashing big truck prices and the 3500HD guy got like 12K off his new truck...you should have seen his face when the counter help told him about the smog laws on all new diesels...it was like someone just took the life out of him...he was saying "you're kidding right?!...then said that if he knew about the smog laws that he would have bought an older truck...I felt bad for the clueless guy cuz he just spent 25 large ones on a diesel that he can't mod
#9
You can't mod Diesel trucks in California anymore?
Just like you can't mod gasoline cars newer than 1975?
It sucks, but we're not the first state to do it and it's not illogical.
The biggest problem is that there is no emissions criteria regarding aftermarket units, so CARB stickers are impossible to get for any manufacturer. The state is too lazy to mandate an actual opacity or NOx requirement, so you can't prove that your performance device doesn't increase opacity or NOx. Banks wrote an open letter complaining about that a while ago. Making that more ironic is that we're one of the few states that actually has an excessive smoke state statute that does specify a specific opacity as excessive.
Just like you can't mod gasoline cars newer than 1975?
It sucks, but we're not the first state to do it and it's not illogical.
The biggest problem is that there is no emissions criteria regarding aftermarket units, so CARB stickers are impossible to get for any manufacturer. The state is too lazy to mandate an actual opacity or NOx requirement, so you can't prove that your performance device doesn't increase opacity or NOx. Banks wrote an open letter complaining about that a while ago. Making that more ironic is that we're one of the few states that actually has an excessive smoke state statute that does specify a specific opacity as excessive.
Last edited by Begle1; 04-07-2010 at 07:17 PM.
#10
You can't mod Diesel trucks in California anymore?
Just like you can't mod gasoline cars newer than 1975?
It sucks, but we're not the first state to do it and it's not illogical.
The biggest problem is that there is no emissions criteria regarding aftermarket units, so CARB stickers are impossible to get for any manufacturer. The state is too lazy to mandate an actual opacity or NOx requirement, so you can't prove that your performance device doesn't increase opacity or NOx. Banks wrote an open letter complaining about that a while ago. Making that more ironic is that we're one of the few states that actually has an excessive smoke state statute that does specify a specific opacity as excessive.
Just like you can't mod gasoline cars newer than 1975?
It sucks, but we're not the first state to do it and it's not illogical.
The biggest problem is that there is no emissions criteria regarding aftermarket units, so CARB stickers are impossible to get for any manufacturer. The state is too lazy to mandate an actual opacity or NOx requirement, so you can't prove that your performance device doesn't increase opacity or NOx. Banks wrote an open letter complaining about that a while ago. Making that more ironic is that we're one of the few states that actually has an excessive smoke state statute that does specify a specific opacity as excessive.