Please Help Me Pass Emissions

scruffboy · 12-07-2005, 12:06 PM

I recently went for inspection here in New Jersey and failed for emissions. I don't have the printout with me, but I believe I passed the NOx but failed for High Carbons and one other thing (not sure). I don't want to get ripped off so can someone set me in the right direction. The car runs great and I just did a tune-up (plugs, wires, rotor, fuel filter, air filter, etc.), though I did notice a little oil on one pair of the plugs. I also do regular oil changes using castrol syntech. I also use high octane fuel (92). I know nothing about the O2 sensor but a mechanic I stopped at on the way home said something about maybe getting too much air in the mixture? I don't think its the charcoal cannister, as I don't smell fuel in the interior. The mechanic I saw said it may cost about $250.00 (ballpark figure), plus 75 for the re-inspection fee. Can anyone help me. PLEASE!

Sincerely,

James

SupraMan1784 · 12-07-2005, 02:46 PM

james did you go to the inspection station in paramus?

scruffboy · 12-07-2005, 02:55 PM

No, I went to Secaucus as I heard they were O.K. also.

James

SupraMan1784 · 12-07-2005, 03:06 PM

those guys dint pass you? hmm...well im tellin you man make that trek to paramus...or talk to nickeleye...i think he used to work with emissions

mrnickleye · 12-08-2005, 03:52 AM

If you can get the info (#'s) off the 'failed' report, I can steer you to what is wrong. I manage a smog shop here in So. Cal. (the most anal smog control co. in the world)

SupraMan1784 · 12-08-2005, 01:54 PM

i knew it...i knew he was gonna post on this thread sometime...the question was when

j3pz · 12-09-2005, 12:56 AM

i got a quick q. if you dont have they egr valve, have it blocked off like the jdms will you pass?

jfunez · 12-09-2005, 03:13 AM

money talks... pull the manager to the side and softly speak to him er. brive him...that'l work...hehe...
worked in houston for me...

mrnickleye · 12-09-2005, 03:41 AM

If the smog tech doesn't notice (or care) that the EGR is missing.....

You should have a pre-test done to see where your at. Make sure they don't send the info into the state !!!
You don't want to go get tested 'blind', then be so far over that you become a "Gross Polluter".

With out the EGR (or plugged passages), the NOx will probably be too high. If your cat is working, and NOx is the only failure part of the test, and its only about 100 or so PPMs over the limit, you can retard the timing back to 5*, or 0* for the test. This will lower the NOx.
The CO% and HCs must already measure low.

This is why for smog test areas, I recommend leaving the EGR alone. If your engine is working properly, it won't hinder power. If you just must 'clean up the engine bay', then save all the parts to put back on for the test. If you just 'can't stand egr', then you can just pull the vacuum line on the valve and stick a golf tee in the hose.

j3pz · 12-09-2005, 03:20 PM

well its just not worht the trouble then is it

12-07-2005, 12:06 PM	#1
scruffboy walbro fp Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kearny, New Jersey, USA Posts: 427	Please Help Me Pass Emissions I recently went for inspection here in New Jersey and failed for emissions. I don't have the printout with me, but I believe I passed the NOx but failed for High Carbons and one other thing (not sure). I don't want to get ripped off so can someone set me in the right direction. The car runs great and I just did a tune-up (plugs, wires, rotor, fuel filter, air filter, etc.), though I did notice a little oil on one pair of the plugs. I also do regular oil changes using castrol syntech. I also use high octane fuel (92). I know nothing about the O2 sensor but a mechanic I stopped at on the way home said something about maybe getting too much air in the mixture? I don't think its the charcoal cannister, as I don't smell fuel in the interior. The mechanic I saw said it may cost about $250.00 (ballpark figure), plus 75 for the re-inspection fee. Can anyone help me. PLEASE! Sincerely, James

12-07-2005, 02:46 PM	#2
SupraMan1784 SP58GT Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dirty Jerz Posts: 691	james did you go to the inspection station in paramus? __________________ Now: Saving for an MKIV Broken Rides: (Sold) 91 supra turbo 5speed with a 1jzgte motor 421whp 400(399) ft*lbs of torque on tap @ 15 psi "Always outnumbered, never outgunned."

12-07-2005, 02:55 PM	#3
scruffboy walbro fp Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kearny, New Jersey, USA Posts: 427	Re: Inspection No, I went to Secaucus as I heard they were O.K. also. James

12-07-2005, 03:06 PM	#4
SupraMan1784 SP58GT Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dirty Jerz Posts: 691	those guys dint pass you? hmm...well im tellin you man make that trek to paramus...or talk to nickeleye...i think he used to work with emissions __________________ Now: Saving for an MKIV Broken Rides: (Sold) 91 supra turbo 5speed with a 1jzgte motor 421whp 400(399) ft*lbs of torque on tap @ 15 psi "Always outnumbered, never outgunned."

12-08-2005, 01:54 PM	#6
SupraMan1784 SP58GT Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dirty Jerz Posts: 691	i knew it...i knew he was gonna post on this thread sometime...the question was when __________________ Now: Saving for an MKIV Broken Rides: (Sold) 91 supra turbo 5speed with a 1jzgte motor 421whp 400(399) ft*lbs of torque on tap @ 15 psi "Always outnumbered, never outgunned."

12-08-2005, 03:52 AM	#5
mrnickleye 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mojave Desert, Calif. Posts: 1,705	If you can get the info (#'s) off the 'failed' report, I can steer you to what is wrong. I manage a smog shop here in So. Cal. (the most anal smog control co. in the world)

12-09-2005, 12:56 AM	#7
j3pz 500whp yet? Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mechanicsville, MD, US of A, 20659 Posts: 1,060	i got a quick q. if you dont have they egr valve, have it blocked off like the jdms will you pass? __________________ 88 N/A w/ 5spd - stock - not running, bhg 87 turbo/targa w/ 5spd- fidanza light weight flywheel, new oem slave cylinder, apexi air filter, no ac and no heat

12-09-2005, 03:13 AM	#8
jfunez 12psi boost Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: georgia,usa Posts: 338	money talks... pull the manager to the side and softly speak to him er. brive him...that'l work...hehe... worked in houston for me...

12-09-2005, 03:41 AM	#9
mrnickleye 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mojave Desert, Calif. Posts: 1,705	If the smog tech doesn't notice (or care) that the EGR is missing..... You should have a pre-test done to see where your at. Make sure they don't send the info into the state !!! You don't want to go get tested 'blind', then be so far over that you become a "Gross Polluter". With out the EGR (or plugged passages), the NOx will probably be too high. If your cat is working, and NOx is the only failure part of the test, and its only about 100 or so PPMs over the limit, you can retard the timing back to 5, or 0 for the test. This will lower the NOx. The CO% and HCs must already measure low. This is why for smog test areas, I recommend leaving the EGR alone. If your engine is working properly, it won't hinder power. If you just must 'clean up the engine bay', then save all the parts to put back on for the test. If you just 'can't stand egr', then you can just pull the vacuum line on the valve and stick a golf tee in the hose.

12-09-2005, 03:20 PM	#10
j3pz 500whp yet? Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mechanicsville, MD, US of A, 20659 Posts: 1,060	well its just not worht the trouble then is it __________________ 88 N/A w/ 5spd - stock - not running, bhg 87 turbo/targa w/ 5spd- fidanza light weight flywheel, new oem slave cylinder, apexi air filter, no ac and no heat

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