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Old 07-24-2021, 01:33 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Piotrsko View Post
Cant verify gassers, but the diesel Golf does not get a computer check except for engine check light being off. I can theoretically run any tune I want as long as the tailpipe stays below soot specs. I'm stock tune because the dealer does check and tunes void the dieselgate warranty.
If that is the case that is a very old program. Usually the bare minimum is check the status AND that the OBDII system has cycled through all the checks and is "ready".

Otherwise you can just reset the check engine light in the parking lot of the smog station and pass before the computer gets through all the test cycles.

(I got REAL familiar with running the test cycle when I was fighting with the evaporative emission system in my Astro Van.

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