It helps if those nasty gasses have an unseen escape route ahead of the tailpipe test probe!

 

Interesting. I thought the sniffer would be able to tell regardless. I don't know how it works but imagined it was by percent of measured gasses. At any rate, good luck for you. Maybe your car is just really tuned up well and running better than you thought.

 

And what year is it? They don't test cars without cats out here any more. (THANK GOD!!)

 

Sumthin ain't right here. A guy in Wichita KS is driving to CA just to get a CARB test? Must be a masochist. lol

 

Guess my Friday night sense of humor wasn't as funny as I thought it was...

I grew up in California with the car (a 1970) and had to take it in for smog checks back in the late '80s and/or early '90s before I moved away. I forget what the requirements were at the time, but I never got a fail (unlike my mom's 1979 Cutlass Supreme - that thing failed every time). I just remember having to shell out some cash to get the certificate so I could renew my tags.

 

what's a smog test???

 

Yeah really. You need one to get a sticker for the plate?

 

not around here. we don't have any inspections of any kind

 

Sorry, I just wasn't quick enough to follow your humor. Re-reading the thread, I realize you were just showing us a really crappy, corroded tail pipe. Just call me slow.

 

Back in the 70s, some guys used an AIR pump to blow clean air into the tailpipe so they would dilute the nasties and pass the smog test.

 

We used to have the emission test in Michigan back in the 80's. I had a pos 79' Mustang. A friend of the family owned a service garage. My car never passed so he would bump up the mileage of the car on the tester until it would pass. They were calibrated to allow a certain amount of stuff coming out of the tailpipe based on the age and mileage of the the car. In my oponion it is nothing but a cash grab by the states that have them.

 

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Both of my 78 Cars have had no inspection stickers. They rob me of enough money.

 

No smog test required on 75 and older vehicles here in CA for several years now. After that law was passed, all sorts of muscle cars came out of the garages onto the roads all with new plates!

 

Beware of the enviro pukes, they still want to take away our cars and it has little to do with the environment.

 

one of the reasons so many states did away with inspections was after years and years they realized that the cost to operate the inspection stations was costing more that double what they were generating in revenue. it is a typical government operation, create tons of financial waste so the cost per car is more than the income so to fix it they test more cars. funny how only some states figured out it is cheaper to get out of the business.

 

You guys should've seen Illinois. They had dynos set into the floor so they could check your car as it drove. They blew so many motors they now have taken them out. How much did that cost? Is Illinois broke to the tune of 13 billion? I wonder why? Now, with an OBD2 car they just plug it in and if it throws no codes it passes. I have no idea how they check OBD1 cars. Probably just set them on fire. It's a witch! Burn her!