Emissions etc.
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Emissions etc.
I live in Nashville and have to go through emissions. I bought my truck from a guy in Florida in July of 07 and he had already shortened the exhaust where it comes out in front of the rear wheels. It is simply a straight pipe from the headers. It passed last year after they looked at it and talked with someone on the phone for 35 minutes! This time it passed within 5 minutes and and they didn't even look under the truck, they did hook something up to the exhaust which is nothing but a straight pipe from the engine. I really think it's just a scam do get $, I don't think they even know how to check it. Did mine come from the factory with a Cat?
Also an elderly lady friend of my mother-in-law has a small car that the battery won't stay charged. The battery is only 6 months old and the brake lights got stuck on overnight a little while back. You can jump it off but it won't start on it's own. Battery or alternator?
Thanks!
Also an elderly lady friend of my mother-in-law has a small car that the battery won't stay charged. The battery is only 6 months old and the brake lights got stuck on overnight a little while back. You can jump it off but it won't start on it's own. Battery or alternator?
Thanks!
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huge scam. You can pass any emission test if you have enough money
Also an elderly lady friend of my mother-in-law has a small car that the battery won't stay charged. The battery is only 6 months old and the brake lights got stuck on overnight a little while back. You can jump it off but it won't start on it's own. Battery or alternator?
Amp draw Shouldn't be more than .05 Amps
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Also an elderly lady friend of my mother-in-law has a small car that the battery won't stay charged. The battery is only 6 months old and the brake lights got stuck on overnight a little while back. You can jump it off but it won't start on it's own. Battery or alternator?
Batt may be toast after this much time ...
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All the OBS PSD's came with a cat, even the 49 state single shot trucks had them.
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Im in Seattle, Im looking at having the kitty running away at some point. I will have to pass emissions in the future, will this cause me to fail? Anybody in WA know about this situation?
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You can weld a straight pipe inside the cat and re-install. This keeps the cat in place for visual inspections.
w/o it in place you may have some trouble if the tester is knowledgeable about our PSD's...most aren't.
I doubt you will fail w/o the cat, most tail pipe sniffers can't detect diesel emmisions.
They are set up for gassers.