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Originally Posted by sheepdog 44
Pull the 12 volt battery power to reset car, Let IMA recharge, do this 4-5 times, Install clutch switch to fool car into never using assist. Complete the emissions reset drive cycle. See if any codes pop up. Drive in the morning or night when it's cooler. If no codes get it inspected as fast as possible.
Unless you get a Catalytic converter code spending $600 to get a waiver is a waste of money.
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The guys are convinced that there's nothing wrong with the cat or any of the O2 sensors.It's all in the electronics,which they agree is kind of a scam with respect to emissions.
The presence of the check engine light 'infers' that there 'could' be something wrong with the emission controls,so it's an automatic 'fail' as far as state law.
If I drive an 8,500-lb GVW vehicle with 10-mpg, Texas could care less what comes out of the tailpipe,and these vehicles aren't required to have an emissions test.
But if you drive a 50+ mpg vehicle,for 24-years it must pass an emissions test.
(we won't mention that the Teacher Retirement System,and Texas Municipal Employee Retirement System pension funds own stock in every major oil company on Earth,as well as every gas-guzzler-producing auto manufacturer on Earth)(And that their building permits allow for the exponential growth we're experiencing,which fuels the perpetual gridlock which guarantees that Texas will forever be out of compliance with EPA Clean Air Act standards; which creates the need for the emissions testing that they mandate) (etc.)
Bless their microencephalitic little heads.
I love their math!
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