Can anyone tell me if the absence of the cat on my S will prevent me from passing inspection.

I have the Invidia TP with the O2 sensor offset. The O2 does not throw a CEL so I am wondering if that alone will allow my car to pass.

 

If it really fools the ECU, you'll pass the OBDII test.

I've had some inspections where they raise the car on a life and look underneath and some where they don't.

I don't know if they'd just fail you or bust you if they looked at there was no Cat.

Anyone else have more info?

 

FYI (airgate reminds me), this is for Meck county.

Your mileage may vary. Do they hook up the OBDII system when they inspect in your county.

 

They hook up the OBD and it feeds direct to DMV in Raleigh. If it passes there it's OK.

 

Then you've got the same deal we do.

 

It depends since some counties are emissions and some are just safety. What color is your inspection sticker? (as i understand it), in NC, yellow goes on new cars and inspections in counties where cars don't need emissions, and the red white & blue one goes on emissions county cars.

Emissions inspections will be more difficult to pass and the inspectors stick a wand up the tailpipe so if the cat isn't there/doing its job, I imagine your car would fail inspections.

 

They only use the wand to sniff the exhaust in cars that were built before OBDII was implemented.

They don't use a wand on our cars even in emissions counties (like mine.)

 

Ah, that's good to know!

 

I'm not for certain but I believe that in 08 all counties will be OBDII based. All the same state wide. I work for a large body shop in Burlington and that's just what I've heard!

 

Another member went through this about a year ago. The OBDII test is no problem as long as you don't have a CEL. I can't remember who he was but he failed when the inspector looked under the car and spotted the TP.