California Emissions!!!!!

[smotrs]

So, did she give any indication on what they are going to do about vehicles prior to the DPF if they are "mainly concerned about the smoke"?

Seems rather pointless to be concerned about something where only 2 years worth of vehicles are going to be smokeless and the other 10 years won't be.

[SuperCrutyPS]

She just talked about the fact that there is a duration and distance they look at for the smoke cloud.

It can only smoke for like 3 seconds and can't shoot smoke more than 10ft from the exhaust tip.

From what I've read - If it smokes too long, they can fail it. AND since a lot of places are now "Test Only", if it fails, then you have take it to a, in our case, diesel mechanic to get it fixed.

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Last edited by SuperCrutyPS : 09-15-2009 at 01:32 PM.

[smotrs]

Originally Posted by 1snotrocket

in california the emissions tune would only help you if your being pursued buy law enforcement and wanted to not soot when driving.if you go test your truck for the new smog testing coming up. it will fail if you have a chip in it.they do an obd functional test.that's why they are testing 98 and new vehicles.because that was when the diesels were a true obd2 system.

Ok, so as long as the OBDII works, like in the case of the Spartan or something, then it should pass. Since the way I understand it, the OBDII is still functional, just the computer has been told not to do a regen and to run the engine/tran a certain way, everything else should still work.

[SteveBricks]

Only the 7.3's will be plugged in to the OBD, because BAR 97 emissions testing equipment is not compatible with the Can II protocol which is used on the 6.0 and 6.4.

Here's a PDF that explains what CAN II is. What is CAN II?

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Last edited by SteveBricks : 09-23-2009 at 05:57 AM.

[agoodhi]

Originally Posted by SuperCrutyPS

She says I shouldn't worry about it because it didn't change the 'function' of the exhaust, they probably won't look at it anyway - They're mainly concerned about the smoke.

Where's her smog shop at?

[International Tech]

it wasn't Ford that made it pass it was International!! ha ha

[Keviny707]

Originally Posted by TruckeePSD

I have just been planning on registering my truck in Sierra County; the whole county doesn’t require any emissions testing. I don’t know how this will fly with the DMV, but it’s worth a shot. All that I know is that you need a physical address (provided by my In-Laws). Does anyone have any tips/ tricks I can use to make this work? Thanks!

You'll still have to get a smog test if you sell it, or get the buyer to do it.

[Dietoremain]

Eh they just want us to have to pay for "smog" so they can make their money. My truck will have no probs. Runs like a charm. Rarely smokes..

[Keviny707]

It's all just a tax called by a different name...$65 SMOG certificate, Registration, License...All just taxes. And what is the difference between License and Registration? A lot of states have a flat fee (usually just a minimal fee) every two years. But no, California has to use it as a revenue generating tool. Buy a new car/truck and you pay more, why? Newer cars and older cars take the same amount of room on the road and the same amount of effort to license and register...

[Dallas4x4]

I just watched those youtube vids. (bored) and they said they will also test the engine for smoke (blow-by) ... watch the engine idle with the oil cap off for 10 seconds and if any smoke comes out they fail it.. Dont all diesels have some form of blow by?