Re: car inspection woes

["David R. Lefebvre" <drl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Perhaps your catalyst is out and the dealer doesn't want to foot the bill 
because it has a 10-year warranty. Something to consider on your 95. ;-) 
Good luck.

At 09:25 PM 3/10/03 +0000, you wrote:
>Went to have my car inspected on friday and it failed; According to the 
>printout it failed miserably in HC-ppm and CO-%. Not knowing what it was i 
>wanted to take it to an autozone to see if they could reset and clear the 
>check engine light which was on for the last month or so, to see if that 
>would make it pass inspection. Could not find one close to my house. Ended 
>up making the tough decision to take it to the dealer ended up costing me 
>$$$. They said that my oxygen sensor was bad and needed to be replaced but 
>they weren't sure that after replacing it if this would make it pass the 
>inspection. they said they also saw indication from the knock sensors that 
>it faulted once.
>Can anyone tell me what else might have made my car fail inspection given 
>the results above? And also would clearing the check engine light have 
>made my car pass the inspection without having to replace the oxygen sensor?
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>The dealer told me not to have it inspected until I drove it approx 100 
>miles. They said this is so the computer can recalibrate the system with 
>the new oxygen sensor. I still have not took my car back to get it 
>reinspected but hope that this fixed the problem.
>
>Thanks
>95 ///M3
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