Emissions test 2024
#23
#26
O2 sensor tests run continuously; if it is not ready after 2 years it will never be ready. Maybe it is time to think about addressing them, it is recommended to replace them when replacing the cat.
Agonizing about it doesn't help.
Drive cycle is a fiction. Normal driving for 10 days is usually sufficient. There is NO need to clear codes, they clear themselves after repair; clearing makes all of the OBD start from scratch.
Agonizing about it doesn't help.
Drive cycle is a fiction. Normal driving for 10 days is usually sufficient. There is NO need to clear codes, they clear themselves after repair; clearing makes all of the OBD start from scratch.
#28
As far as I can tell; it flunked emissions 2 years ago, no codes cited, got new cat with a 2 year waiver. Now we are worrying about the TPMS needing new sensors and the fuel gauge not working affecting a new emissions test. For unknown reasons the OBD2 O2 sensor test is "not ready", no codes cited.
Evidently, the car did not actually "fail" in 2022 rather it was "not ready". No reason is given for replacing the cat at that time.
The usual cause of a "not ready" is a pending or current code. Since 1996 the OBD computer has done all of the emissions tests that were formerly done at the inspection station with a tailpipe probe. "Not ready" means not ready for inspection, inspection being a state employee plugging a OBD2 reader into the OBD2 port and receiving Passed or Failed on the various tests. If a test is "not ready" it means that something is inhibiting the test; all of tests have certain criteria for running, including the absence of certain codes.
When I was dealing with a P0420 I was not worried about I/M readiness (no emissions testing in my county). I know that every time I reset the codes there would be no codes for 10 days of driving then the EVAP test would run and pass followed by the P0420 popping back up; I don't know what the I/M readiness state was. The car was gone before it got fixed.
Evidently, the car did not actually "fail" in 2022 rather it was "not ready". No reason is given for replacing the cat at that time.
The usual cause of a "not ready" is a pending or current code. Since 1996 the OBD computer has done all of the emissions tests that were formerly done at the inspection station with a tailpipe probe. "Not ready" means not ready for inspection, inspection being a state employee plugging a OBD2 reader into the OBD2 port and receiving Passed or Failed on the various tests. If a test is "not ready" it means that something is inhibiting the test; all of tests have certain criteria for running, including the absence of certain codes.
When I was dealing with a P0420 I was not worried about I/M readiness (no emissions testing in my county). I know that every time I reset the codes there would be no codes for 10 days of driving then the EVAP test would run and pass followed by the P0420 popping back up; I don't know what the I/M readiness state was. The car was gone before it got fixed.
Last edited by donbrew; 02-12-2024 at 04:15 PM.
#30
O2 sensor test isn't completing, I don't see in either thread that the o2 sensor wiring had been looked at. I would be visually inspecting this. If all looks good, try a new sensor. Anybody know which one to start with?