Getting Hassled
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From: West Jordan Utah
Getting Hassled
So I got a letter from the Salt Lake Valley Heath department on Friday saying your truck was reported blowing excessive smoke and I have been issued a warning if I get one more I need to get an emissons test done withen a month if I dont then I will have a Warrenty out for my arrest Honestly I see a ton of cars and trucks smoking blue white and black mine only dumbs alot with my chip all the way up which I dont run it at that due to tranny slipping soon to be changed.
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I'm pretty sure that the only standard your held to is the same level of emissions as what the engine was for the year it was manufactured. You didn't mention what year your truck was or what engine your running in it. So if it's a 7.3 PS or earlier, that's just the way they are. They push some coal under accelation. If it's a 6.0 or newer doing the same thing... might be an issue. Any way you slice it, the person that generated this grief for you has too much time on their hands.
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Its a 2000 F-350 7.3 powerstroke yes I do have a four stage chip right now im running in stock just because me any my uncle were talking and decided it was probly a d max that pulled next to me and got his *** handed to him who turned me in
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Theirs just made a lot of noise.
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Another case of smoke shows hurting all diesel rigs. Tune the thing so You get Your power and burn ALL of the fuel.
Giving the enviro ****'s any ammunition is hurting all diesel owners, especially with the Obama administration in charge.
Giving the enviro ****'s any ammunition is hurting all diesel owners, especially with the Obama administration in charge.
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It MIGHT not be a sore loser, actually. If SLC's air quality problems are anything like we see in Dallas, you may have passed a "passive" emissions testing station.
They're usually set up on freeway entrance ramps. They've got a van or trailer parked off to the side of the ramp, with a number of little radar-gun-looking things pointing into the ramp at about bumper level. They monitor the exhaust signatures of cars going up the ramp, and if you're past a certain limit, they take pictures of your licence plate and send you a nastygram in the mail.
In Texas, they usually have fold-up orange signs saying "emissions monitor ahead", so you can usually figure out a way to go around them.
-blaine
They're usually set up on freeway entrance ramps. They've got a van or trailer parked off to the side of the ramp, with a number of little radar-gun-looking things pointing into the ramp at about bumper level. They monitor the exhaust signatures of cars going up the ramp, and if you're past a certain limit, they take pictures of your licence plate and send you a nastygram in the mail.
In Texas, they usually have fold-up orange signs saying "emissions monitor ahead", so you can usually figure out a way to go around them.
-blaine
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It MIGHT not be a sore loser, actually. If SLC's air quality problems are anything like we see in Dallas, you may have passed a "passive" emissions testing station.
In Texas, they usually have fold-up orange signs saying "emissions monitor ahead", so you can usually figure out a way to go around them.
In Texas, they usually have fold-up orange signs saying "emissions monitor ahead", so you can usually figure out a way to go around them.
I've never seen them around Central or 635, I usually tend to avoid going down into Dallas unless I take the Dart in.
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I agree that hotline junk is stupid, that's like being able to call a hotline and give someone a speeding ticket.
I have seen those emission testing things in houston and usually there are tire tracks going around them where people circumvented the test rig.
I have seen those emission testing things in houston and usually there are tire tracks going around them where people circumvented the test rig.
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-blaine
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If they ever come over to Central then I'll be screwed. I hate doing the interstate shuffle, particularly since the ole girl has "hips".