Emissions.... GRRRR This is just poetic.

[Milw96Cobra]

On my way to the emissions testing station today... I pull a CEL light.... yet my car is running perfect.

I get the code pulled from their code scanner at the Testing Station... P0300... Cylinder Misfire... so they failed me. :mad:

I'm like, listen to it, does it sound like it's misfiring??!! NO. *shrug* Stupid incompetent people.

Beautiful. Just beautiful. :mad:

Well I just turned 60,000 and I think it still has stock plugs and wires.... so I might as well change them now....
So I just ordered some Taylor 10.5mm Plug wires, and I'm gonna pick up some copper Autolite 764 plugs tonight.

Hoping that its just a bad plug or wire that caused a small misfire that my ECU just happened to pickup.

[99vert]

These emissions checks are just a waste of time, I can't believe they really are reducing air emissions. Especially given the cost to run the whole inspection program

[Milw96Cobra]

reset my computer.... went in again... OH LOOK I PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS....

pfft, i hate emissions testing.

What's even funnier....

4 big black women were ahead of me, they had a little ford festiva....... and it didnt pass... then they saw my big engined pony car pull in and pass in 2 seconds, they were all like WHAT!?


One of em looks at my car and asked me 'is that a Viper??'

Ummm... no, that's a Cobra.

oh, i saw the snake on the side... OHHH COOL ARE THOSE SPEAKERS INSIDE YOUR WHEELS!?!

No, those are high-performance cross drilled brake rotors.

Oh.


:bash:

[Tony Zangerle]

:D :D ROTFLMAO:bna: :bna: stupidity is contagious:D :D

[thhodges]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Milw96Cobra
[B]reset my computer.... went in again... OH LOOK I PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS....

Did you install the plugs & Cables?? or just do the reset??

I dread when I have to have emmision testing done on my project car??

[Milw96Cobra]

All I did was reset the computer.

Plug Wires get here tomorrow.... and I just picked up some Autolite 764 copper plugs today.... gotta love $0.59 per plug.... Advance Auto's grand opening sale at a store fairly close to where I live.

[Adam]

Originally posted by Milw96Cobra
reset my computer.... went in again... OH LOOK I PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS....

pfft, i hate emissions testing.

What's even funnier....

4 big black women were ahead of me, they had a little ford festiva....... and it didnt pass... then they saw my big engined pony car pull in and pass in 2 seconds, they were all like WHAT!?


One of em looks at my car and asked me 'is that a Viper??'

Ummm... no, that's a Cobra.

oh, i saw the snake on the side... OHHH COOL ARE THOSE SPEAKERS INSIDE YOUR WHEELS!?!

No, those are high-performance cross drilled brake rotors.

Oh.


:bash:

LMAO, I wouda loved to have heard some ditzes say that.

[thhodges]

I recevd a notice early last week that I would have to get the TBird tested for emmision.
Well it failed big time.!!! so I pulled all the plugs out to see if I could get a Idia of what was wrong. plug 4,7&8 were black.
So I took off the upper intake and thruttle body. when I did I found mousture (oil) on the insolator around the three back runners. I guess I did not get it toqued down correctly and the PVC valve had poped out of it rubber boot on the intake.
this would account for the back three clynders getting oil on them.

I put in a new set of plugs and also replaced the EGR valve. Will need to redue some rmp fuel values and take it back again to see how it goes this time.

Have a question about vaccum readings. at idle and about 750 rpms I and getting around 7.5 to 8 lbs of vaccum. If I bypass the EGR valve, the value jumps up to around 12 to 14 . is this normal??? do I still have a vaccum leak some where??


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