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Old 07-17-2021, 12:33 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
Okay that sounds plausible to me but can you fail smog with a stock checksum just because the ECU's been tampered with before? That just sounds silly, it means any ECU that's been tampered with but restored to factory tune will fail.
It depends on whether CARB is checking the tamper bit or not.

Yes, it would mean an ECU that has been tampered with would fail. It also means people can't just flash they car back to stock for the test and then right back to the illegal tune.

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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
At this point, smog checks are probably pointless. I saw somewhere that 50% of failing vehicles get passed anyhow just because people want to be nice and pass others out of kindness considering Gaia doesn't care if an individual car pollutes more than others.
Odd that has never happened to me when I've failed a test. I don't think I even interacted with a human the last time I went to DEQ. They had a self service kiosk with a cord to plug into the OBDII.
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