MA Up-pipe and Inspection Sticker

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Sep 13, 2003 | 03:46 AM

Zaxdad

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MA Up-pipe and Inspection Sticker

Any of you guys have a catless up-pipe installation (or any exhaust work done) and had their car inspected? Interested in finding out whether there have been any issues.

My sticker is due in October and beginning to get a little nervous about it.

Sep 13, 2003 | 04:44 AM

inski21

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what they (inspectors) don't know wont hurt them.

Sep 13, 2003 | 03:32 PM

Zaxdad

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I gotcha on that. Just wondering whether there was any issue with passing the emissions portion. Thanks for the feedback.

Sep 13, 2003 | 05:02 PM

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Does it have an EGT bung and is the sensor plugged in, or are you using a MIL eliminator (resistor)? If you have a correctly functioning EGT sensor, you should not have any problems passing emssions when they plug into the OBDII port and run tests. If you're using a MIL eliminator, the OBDII tests will show one sensor as "Not Ready" and you will not pass. You have 4 years from when the car was new to worry about emissions, though, so it won't matter immediately.

Sep 13, 2003 | 05:34 PM

Zaxdad

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Thanks for the info. My up-pipe has the bung and the sensor is plugged in so I guess I made the right choice for the up-pipe.

Sep 25, 2003 | 04:58 PM

Rys-rex

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If you're using a MIL eliminator, the OBDII tests will show one sensor as "Not Ready" and you will not pass.

My understanding is that the MIL eliminator tricks the computer into thinking it is getting the correct reading......how will it show one sensor as not ready???? If the computer thought the sensor was not functioning properly it would throw a check engine light???

Oct 11, 2003 | 03:09 AM

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Got the car inspected yesterday. No problems. In case anyone was interested. They did not even do the exhaust test. Just looked under the hood (I don't know why they just opened it, looked in and closed it), checked the suspension, and slapped on the sticker.