Failed CA Smog test
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St. Jude Donor '04 & '05
Failed CA Smog test
First time in all these 15 years. Still at the mech's. Drove the car 10 miles in 2 years. Just idled twice a month for 1/2 hour. But only gumed up engine. So I failed.
Cost is very high to fix. Failed EGR valve, fouled spark plugs.
SUX.
Dyam.
Your thoughts?
Cost is very high to fix. Failed EGR valve, fouled spark plugs.
SUX.
Dyam.
Your thoughts?
Last edited by oldace84; Apr 29, 2006 at 09:34 PM.
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Screw them left coasters Ace. Move to Montana where there are no speed limits and no smog testing!
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From: San Pedro CA
Originally Posted by 4Ever21
CA is full of crap. I dont understand why everyone thinks its such a glammerous place to live.California has it's issues, no question, but the people, collectively speaking, are rather nice and quite laid back. At the same time, here in LA, there is anything and everything to do at any given time.
It is a cultural center for not only the USA, but the WORLD.
As for your emissions problem, Tony, it's not that bad... change out the plugs, replace the EGR and drive the damned thing. Run it up and down the 405 for about an hour each way and that will blow the crap out of it.
Add a couple of cans of dry gas to about a half tank of gas and then take it immediately to your test station. It WILL pass.
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Time to part it out, and buy one of these, so you can be a compliant Californian like the rest of us:
On a side note, did you know the Insight doesn't even qualify for HOV lane access like the other hybrids do?
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Try a can of seafoam, I swear by that stuff. Ran a can in my truck (70k miles), figuring it didnt build up much carbon as I used to drive it pretty hard. Wrong. It smoked up the block for 30 min, and smoked the next day and a half as I drove it around town. No tailgaters 
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Originally Posted by bogus
As for your emissions problem, Tony, it's not that bad... change out the plugs, replace the EGR and drive the damned thing. Run it up and down the 405 for about an hour each way and that will blow the crap out of it.
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Originally Posted by bogus
California has it's issues, no question, but the people, collectively speaking, are rather nice and quite laid back.
All we need is one good earth quake and they'll be running back east.
At which time property values will drop.......
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Originally Posted by oldace84
Drove the car 10 miles in 2 years. Just idled twice a month for 1/2 hour. But only gumed up engine. So I failed.
Your thoughts?
Your thoughts?
Run it like hell and bring it to the test center HOT.
Ten miles in two years? Is this a really low mileage 85?
Why don't you just get an inop tag for it? Save yourself alot of idling gas.
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We had a blast in CA couple of years ago. It was our first time in LA and that place was awesome. Flying into LAX you can see lights for it seems about an hour before you land and that was pretty amazing. We stayed downtown at the Wyndom Checkers where some dude gave us a map to the stars. Wow! That map got addicting. We had planned on going to a Laker game but instead we drove all over Hollywood, Bev Hills, Malubi and down the Sunset Strip. We saw Michael Douglas outside his house talking on the cell as we passed. Thought we got a glimpse of Dimi Moore in Malibu. She has a huge house right there on the beach.
But one of the highlights of the trip beside ordering girls up for roomservice was when we drove past OJ'S house at Rockingham and then we drove to the crime scene at Bundy. That was so sureal to all of us. We got out of the car at Nichol's house to really get a good look. You could still see blood in the grout of the tile.
So we decided to see how long it took to drive from Bundy to Rockingham. OJ said it took him 45 minutes to make the drive. We did it in 7 minutes the first time at about 10:00 that night. That really blew our minds.
If you haven't been to LA you need to go.
But one of the highlights of the trip beside ordering girls up for roomservice was when we drove past OJ'S house at Rockingham and then we drove to the crime scene at Bundy. That was so sureal to all of us. We got out of the car at Nichol's house to really get a good look. You could still see blood in the grout of the tile.
So we decided to see how long it took to drive from Bundy to Rockingham. OJ said it took him 45 minutes to make the drive. We did it in 7 minutes the first time at about 10:00 that night. That really blew our minds. If you haven't been to LA you need to go.
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"If you haven't been to LA you need to go."
Before you go, learn Spanish.
I understand all the road signs are being replaced with ones imported from Mexico.
Yes indeed, welcome to Mexifornia.
Before you go, learn Spanish.
I understand all the road signs are being replaced with ones imported from Mexico.
Yes indeed, welcome to Mexifornia.
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From: Santa Teresa New Mexico
Originally Posted by CentralCoaster
The funny part is us natives try to avoid LA when driving across the state.After 25 years theres no reason to ever return.
Everything that was familiar to me was eaten by the 1971 quake.
The grammer school, the Jr High, the High School, all gone.
What the 71 quake didn;t get the 94 quake did.
Theres parts of LA that are so dangerous that the LAPD will not service them.
A call is placed to the LAPD and when the officers respond they are ambushed and killed. 18st gang declared war on the LAPD.
Everyone that I grew up with left many years ago.