HTC smog in California
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HTC smog in California
Hi Everyone. I'm a long time lurker here. I have a question about the visual inspections that are done when you smog you car in California. Most smog shops open up the engine compartment to do a visual inspection. How does that work on the HTC. Is the smog shop going to remove the engine cover to do their visual inspection? If so would it be better if I removed the cover so they don't have to. Thanks for you help.
Melting Slicks
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The sticker they check for smog compliance is on top of the plastic cover toward the passenger rear corner of the engine bay. I found this out the hard way after spending 20 minutes in the DMV lot unscrewing and removing the engine bay plastics only for the inspector to find the sticker where I described.
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Hi Everyone. I'm a long time lurker here. I have a question about the visual inspections that are done when you smog you car in California. Most smog shops open up the engine compartment to do a visual inspection. How does that work on the HTC. Is the smog shop going to remove the engine cover to do their visual inspection? If so would it be better if I removed the cover so they don't have to. Thanks for you help.
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