Failed smog again.

cntchds · Feb 3, 2008

So I brought my car in to get smogged last week, and they said that I failed because my oil filler cap was broken, and they couldn't find my EVAP stuff at all. :rant2:

Well I replaced my oil filler cap, and brought my car to someone with half of a brain to test it again.

Now they say that it failed because A)it has "bad" vacuum lines. Can't really doubt that, it's a 14 year old car. B) Fuel EVAP test failed. I just replaced my purge solenoid, and I just took off my fender to see my carbon canister, and yes, it is there. C) Ignition timing was off. Why the hell they care about my ignition timing is beyond me. It starts up, and it runs, I don't see what else they need.

So my theory is that the lines to the EVAP stuff are faulty, and therefore throwing off the rest of the stuff. (not the timing) Where else are there vacuum lines that I should replace before bringing it back for its third test?

Pictures would be helpful. Thanks guys.

eliyarbrough · Feb 3, 2008

Boy I would hate to live where you live!!!! You have to have almost a perfect car, and stuff. CA sucks, sorry!!

Twista · Feb 3, 2008

Tell them to Fu*k off and your taking your mustang and life one state over :thumb:

CA sucks for car lovers

cntchds · Feb 3, 2008

I wish, but being only sixteen (and because the state over is that damned Nevada) I don't really have much of a choice. The car is registered right now as "non op" and therefore the title can be transferred, but I don't really want to be in the position where I have to fix the damned thing or leave it in my garage for another year.

Any suggestions? They also said my gas tank doesn't hold pressure. I don't know how that would happen, or how you could fix that... Crack in the tank? Crack in the lines? I don't even know where to check, but they told me all the work they would need to do would be ~$250, which I really can't afford to spend if I don't have to.

birel21y · Feb 4, 2008

ya... i live in reno, nv... lol and its great. most guys will work with you to get it to pass. i retarted timing till it bearly runs, and it passed with no egr, and air pump. If your tank doesnt hold pressure, it might be your line going to your canister. its rubber coming off your tank, about 18" and a metal hard line after that up until your canister. so check the rubber line off your tank, and then replace the rubber line going in and out of your canister.

95-stang · Feb 4, 2008

Wow i'm glad we miss out on those sort of tests, our testing is the same countrywide [as its so small] but nothing that serious goes on.

95 svt cobra · Feb 4, 2008

ahh man i hate emissions tests! missouri just passed their emissions law to where 96 and up only get it. thank you OBD2! i guess they just plug into your computer and if any codes come off you fail. but as far as cali goes dude i dunno what to tell ya, i know in most states you can get a waiver if you get a diagnosis from a qaulified repair shop as to what your problem is and if you spend so much money on it, thats how i did it in washington state, it cost me like 200 bucks after it was said and done but i got a waiver and got plates and a title for my car in wa state. year later though, the waiver exired and i had to get emissions AGAIN :wall:but i went home on leave to MO and got my car titled there and now im exempt from all emissions here in WA state :banana: thank god. its almost as bad as cali here good luck though man

cntchds · Feb 4, 2008

The only vacuum lines that I know about have to do with going from the tank to the canister to the purge solenoid to... where ever it goes. Are there any others that I should check? The guy wanted to charge me 200 some odd just to find the leak. Replacing all the lines would do the same thing though, wouldn't it?

Let me know.

GreenPony95 · Feb 4, 2008

LoL we call it air care up here in bc.
i failed
horribly
no cats, not egr, no smog pump,
there not sposed to even throw it on the dyno if you dont have cats
cars slamed they couldnt get the mirrior under to check,
i blew like 300% over on all three tests

the girl was so shocked, tried to give me a speach about it and how its global warming.
i said *meh* good for racing, and she went white.
said id be back when i get the cats back in. she looked so dumb after that cause the paper said i had em, lol
gay though cant insure the pony fully, just spendin 80 a week now to run her for 5 days at a time till i get the cats welded in
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