As a smog tech 😂😂😂😂 My favorite is when someone says I would do anything to pass my smog check except !!! Keep up Maintenance. Service as recommended. Repair when necessary. By a licensed professional 😂😂
1500 miles on this car in the last 2 years. Gotta deal with this crap every 2 years. At least I know how to pass. A lot of people get the run around when they fail and get the whole drive it for 500 miles then come back BS
@@JohnDrivesAnything That's crazy, in Arizona my registration was like 70 bucks for 5 years with no smog on the vitara. I registered my other car too and this fall I'm changing my license to Arizona. No reason for me to have a California license anymore. Lol
Most of my cars are old enough to avoid testing but when I do buy a new enough car I usually use a friends address in a neighboring county that is exempt. Screw big climate! It’s just a money grab
All that is really telling you is that the 8 monitors the smog test will look for are in the ready state. If they are not green then you must continue to drive the vehicle until the parameters of the drive cycle for said monitors has been met, otherwise you can’t complete the test. Now granted if your vehicle is a good running car and the monitors are in the ready state and you have no check engine light then chances are you will pass, but having the monitors all ready and showing green on the scanner is not a guarantee you will pass the test, and this information will only apply to 1996 and newer vehicles which are all OBD2. OBD1 is a different story and is tested entirely different then the OBD2 cars.
No Clue man. I stopped modifying cars after they failed my 1998 Buick Regal GS. Put in headers a intercooler and smaller Supercharger pulley. IT passed the sniffer and failed the visual due to non Cali Compliant mods. I said f**K modding cars in this stare. My 03 Z06 is Stock along with my 2015 Abarth. I just go camping now lol
Thank You for this video! How can drivers with brand new cars driven off the showroom parking lot get the car obd2 system "ready" to pass a Cali smog inspection, driven over 700 miles from a neighboring state? The vehicle had an Evap / Oxygen sensor fail issue on the inspection report. It was driven for another hour under 55 MPH & brought back for a 2nd failed test.
My car got gross polluter and i already fixed the problem with it but it just wont pass bc it’s an old carburetored car, got the carburetors rebuilt, took it to a smog person who works on carburetors and still couldn’t pass
They don't hook up my car they just do this. They do this and the sniffer with my van. If your vehicle is running healthy with no check engine light it'll pass the sniffer.
Moms car is 22 years old. 2001 Chevy Tahoe with a little over 87k miles. Didn’t pass smog test. Mechanic suggest drive it more often. EVAP keeps failing.
If you're not getting any check engine lights you probably just need to follow the GM drive cycle. Follow that and let me know how it goes. I hate this time of year!
@@alopezjr I'm pretty sure if you drive in cruise control at 55 mph for about 10 minutes your evap will be good. Definitely get a scanner like this and look up the drive cycle for GMS
I'm sure some cars don't look at all parameters as a check and as long as the ones that are being read are Green you will pass. Do you have a smog check coming up?
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The beginning had me dying😂
I rather go to the dentist
it's like going to the dentist
I rather go to the dentist
Why I love Oklahoma. No smog test, in fact no inspections….
I need to leave this state. I don't fit in with California Values
@@JohnDrivesAnythingfr I just wanna get a full catless Down pipe but I can’t
Long tube headers on my Z06 is good for 40 horsepower but of course it's not CA compliant.
no stay in cali @@JohnDrivesAnything
As a smog tech 😂😂😂😂
My favorite is when someone says I would do anything to pass my smog check except !!!
Keep up Maintenance.
Service as recommended.
Repair when necessary.
By a licensed professional 😂😂
Well maintained car, no check engines lights = Pass!
California is a big rip off, if you have not put over 5k miles since last smog it should be deffered at a smog station for like 5 bucks.
1500 miles on this car in the last 2 years. Gotta deal with this crap every 2 years. At least I know how to pass. A lot of people get the run around when they fail and get the whole drive it for 500 miles then come back BS
@@JohnDrivesAnything That's crazy, in Arizona my registration was like 70 bucks for 5 years with no smog on the vitara. I registered my other car too and this fall I'm changing my license to Arizona. No reason for me to have a California license anymore. Lol
Every 2 years here. Here's the situation that made me figure it all out . You can hear how annoyed I am lol
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The prices are high because the cost of owning and operating a smog shop can be expensive
You still have the visual and functional test.
Most of my cars are old enough to avoid testing but when I do buy a new enough car I usually use a friends address in a neighboring county that is exempt. Screw big climate! It’s just a money grab
Big scam! This states just broke
All that is really telling you is that the 8 monitors the smog test will look for are in the ready state. If they are not green then you must continue to drive the vehicle until the parameters of the drive cycle for said monitors has been met, otherwise you can’t complete the test. Now granted if your vehicle is a good running car and the monitors are in the ready state and you have no check engine light then chances are you will pass, but having the monitors all ready and showing green on the scanner is not a guarantee you will pass the test, and this information will only apply to 1996 and newer vehicles which are all OBD2. OBD1 is a different story and is tested entirely different then the OBD2 cars.
Do CA smog test places check for ECU tunes? I’ve been reading that they will only approve “CARB certified ECU tunes”
No Clue man. I stopped modifying cars after they failed my 1998 Buick Regal GS. Put in headers a intercooler and smaller Supercharger pulley. IT passed the sniffer and failed the visual due to non Cali Compliant mods. I said f**K modding cars in this stare. My 03 Z06 is Stock along with my 2015 Abarth. I just go camping now lol
Ima Get that
CA resident here. Awesome info. Many thanks for your clip.
Glad this video helped you out
How do we get the cat hrt and o2 to read green?? (06 crown Vic) any life hacks ?
Have you disconnected your battery lately?
Thank You for this video! How can drivers with brand new cars driven off the showroom parking lot get the car obd2 system "ready" to pass a Cali smog inspection, driven over 700 miles from a neighboring state? The vehicle had an Evap / Oxygen sensor fail issue on the inspection report. It was driven for another hour under 55 MPH & brought back for a 2nd failed test.
Are you having problems passing smog in California with a out of state car?
@@JohnDrivesAnythingI am yes
@@sb.5vm What are they failing you for?
My car got gross polluter and i already fixed the problem with it but it just wont pass bc it’s an old carburetored car, got the carburetors rebuilt, took it to a smog person who works on carburetors and still couldn’t pass
What car do you have? Did you try that pass smog additive? It's worth a shot.
@@JohnDrivesAnything its an 87’ corolla with a carbureted 4alc engine
@@JohnDrivesAnythingwhat’s the additive?
What if you have headers and cat back exhaust?
Exhaust is not a problem, headers might be though. I explain that here ua-cam.com/video/bhBizlchxpw/v-deo.html
So they dont actually check the emissions?
They don't hook up my car they just do this. They do this and the sniffer with my van. If your vehicle is running healthy with no check engine light it'll pass the sniffer.
Moms car is 22 years old. 2001 Chevy Tahoe with a little over 87k miles. Didn’t pass smog test. Mechanic suggest drive it more often. EVAP keeps failing.
If you're not getting any check engine lights you probably just need to follow the GM drive cycle. Follow that and let me know how it goes. I hate this time of year!
@@JohnDrivesAnything thanks. Yup! No check engine light.
@@alopezjr I'm pretty sure if you drive in cruise control at 55 mph for about 10 minutes your evap will be good. Definitely get a scanner like this and look up the drive cycle for GMS
Does autozone have this scanner ?
I got this scanner at Harborfrieght. You want any scanner that has the "I/M Readiness" feature
They dont require the EGR?
Smog tech goes with the parameters your car reads in the I/m readiness
Aren’t u allowed in California 1 not ready monitor?
I think the Evap but I never tried it.
Anybody know why the egr is crossed out
I'm sure some cars don't look at all parameters as a check and as long as the ones that are being read are Green you will pass. Do you have a smog check coming up?
What if I have all green but check engine light on? Will it pass?
It shouldn't have all green check marks if you are throwing a CEL. Are you in California or a crappy smog strict state?
@@JohnDrivesAnything I don’t know either. I’m in CT.
So you have a CEL but its showing all green? In California they just go by the OBD2 green check marks. Sniffer if you have a non OBD2 vehicle
I do not miss smog tests.
They are the worst. Hate that time of year.