WWDiesel wrote:
Sir Sam wrote:
dskater411 wrote:
Just closing this thread out in case anyone searches in the future - issue resolved. I went to the smog ref and he was able to connect/pass my car without issue. He speculated that the previous smog shops unknowingly tried to run the car as a California vehicle and not a federal vehicle and that would have caused them issues. Not sure, just glad its over.
I thought CA didn't have emissions requirements for diesel vehicles? Do they just connect up or what?
Sounds like a bunch of DA's at the inspection stations not knowing how to use their own equipment, scary?
Makes one wonder how many others they have turned down due to their incompetence!
The CRD's were never sold in CA but owners can bring them into state. For smog, all that is required is visual inspection, no smoke from tailpipe when they rev it up, no CEL, and emissions readiness via the ECU. Some smog shops haven't ever seen these, don't know what to do apparently.