jfg22557 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Got a fully catless tbe and Im wondering if swapping my invidia for the stock dp to go in to get my inspection done would be necessary. Do they put a sniffer on the axleback or is it just an ecu scan for cel's and other random non-exhaust/cat related tests? What do you fellow catless guys do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZP Installs Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 NYS, depending on where you are will either do no emissions testing or will do the OBDII connection. You must have 'all readiness tests complete' in order to pass and obviously no CELs. -mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfg22557 Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 So Im still slightly confused though. I know my area does the OBD2 test to check for cel's, but what I was unsure of is whether or not they'd put a sniffer on my exhaust in addition to that. I failed to watch the last time I got my inspection done, so Im interested in if they do one or the other or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irimis Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Some vehicles are exempt from the emissions inspection program: Your passenger car or light truck does not have to be inspected for emissions if it is: Less than two model years old; 26 model years old or older; Registered with historical plates; or, Electric-powered only. Being your an 05 they should be putting a sniffer in. Just cause you have no cat does not mean you will fail the sniffer. If they look for the cat then your in trouble. I've seen shops put the sniffer in a car not being tested. Drivers in both, and they revs the engine at the same time as the tested car. I'm sure if your asking these questions you don't have a guy who will help you out on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZP Installs Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I thought NYS canned the sniffer test on AWD cars in NYC and all cars outside the NYC Metro area and just use the OBDII test in the NY Metro area and the CEL outside NYC? -mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS5689 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 I thought NYS canned the sniffer test on AWD cars in NYC and all cars outside the NYC Metro area and just use the OBDII test in the NY Metro area and the CEL outside NYC? -mike I thought the same. I know in Westchester there are no more sniffers. They always ask me, "do you have a CEL on?" I reply, "no." Then they just connect their OBD II reader and make sure it passes readiness. My GTI was catless and this worked. I will be having my car inspected in about a week and I'm catless with the Subaru, so we'll find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqc151 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 ive passed with my 04 STI catless in NY. just an obdII check. where u located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfg22557 Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 Northern westchester. Cross River-Katonah, Somers area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkwgriswold Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 No sniffer is used. Mine passed catless. The main thing is NO CEL and you will pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfg22557 Posted June 3, 2010 Author Share Posted June 3, 2010 well thats a huge weight off my shoulders. the cars getting a full opensource dyno tune in a couple weeks when my builds done, so the ecu will undoubtedly be clear of any cel's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZP Installs Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Hopefully they can get rid of the "all readiness test not complete" message. I read that on the newer ECUs it's harder to get rid of that message. You can clear the CELs but not the readiness test with the opensource stuff. This may have changed since I haven't researched it in about a year. -mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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