10/14/14 1:41 PM

DEQ here, I just barely live inside the mandatory testing area.

When I got my Del Sol, the kids Dad made him sell it when it failed. Did not want him to dump money into it. I spoke with the Dad, a reverend, at length. He had a antique plate collection I donated to. :) He would dig what I had on my wall more than I.

Anyway, you get a two year registration here, thus a test before they will allow a renewal. I transferred on a plate that had 20 months left, thus no DEQ test the first time around. I had no choice and went this morning. It passed to my delight! The car being a 1994 got the anal probe method of testing.

It did have a stainless tube intake and K&N filter on it when I got it. I got a stock intake setup with original air/filter box on it first week I had it.

Wonder if the low restricted air intake was the culprit when the kid took it. I never saw the test document.


Anyway, made my day and me a happy camper. ;)

10/14/14 5:12 PM

It's possible too that they have different standards after a vehicle reaches a certain age, and maybe it passed. I think there's a lot of black magic in the test procedure anyway. Years ago in Connecticut, where such tests used, at least, to be done, a friend took a nice healthy economical car in, and it flunked. Then he brought in a BMW that needed a ring job. It passed, and he gleefully filled the entire building with blue smoke as he left.

I took a VW bus in once with a piece out of one of the valves. It passed on three cylinders. The engine blew later that day.

10/14/14 5:34 PM

Both in NJ, TN and then here of course, visible smoke is a fail. I have to imagine in a lot more states this is the case as well.

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10/14/14 5:38 PM

West by god Virginia does not have an emissions test. I bet half the vehicles would fail.

10/15/14 8:45 AM

Your story reminds me of this week's segment of Car Talk. http://www.cartalk.com/player5/player.php?a=segment&segment=06 The audio of interest starts at about ~4:30.

Maybe you should consider purchasing some "Guaranteed to Pass" automotive product ;-) Double money back guarantee.