Another Smog Question

SN95 Sam

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So I just picked this car up a few days ago:

94 GT. When I was test driving it, he said the CEL was coming on because one of the Smog line/s was disconnected and just blowing out into the air. The pump and all are still in place.

My question is, from the research I've done the Smog shouldn't trigger a CEL., so why would the CEL be on? It comes on after driving for a bit. Once the car is turned off, the CEL goes off and does not come back on until you drive it again and it heats up.

Are there a some lines you can remove without a CEL coming on and some you can't? I really don't care about the smog system at all and whether it works or it doesn't. I just hate CEL's coming on and staying on. If I delete the whole thing and remove the pump and add a shorter belt, anyway to keep the CEL from popping up? Where I am at in VA, we don't have emissions test, but I'm sure they are coming soon so I probably won't remove all of it, in case I need to hook it up to pass inspection. However, I will fail inspection if a CEL is on when I take it in.

I ran a search and found some info, but nothing really specific to which lines you can remove and which ones you can't.

Is it even worth it to leave it disconnected if I am going to leave the pump and all in place? I really don't like the thought of all crap going back through the intake though...
 

ivan12

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Get a code scanner and pull the codes or use the paper clip method and get back to us.
 

86svo9l

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It will not throw a code. The EGR would throw a code in that manner, but like stated you will need to scan and confirm.
 

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