Y2K1S2K

my dad just got a roush stage 3 mustang, used with 2500 miles

but it wont pass inspection?

it was tuned by laroccas or something in new jersey by the other owner last year and they are now out of business?


it has its cat and everything...perhaps something with the o2 sensor? does anyone know a "guy" who can help with passing inspections?

i met some guys at a mustang shop who do it that way....just wondering

my s passed no problem today at huntington honda

Billman250

If the CEL is on, just pull the code and fix it. How hard could it be?

Y2K1S2K

no the check engine light is not on

05YellowEVO8

pull the codes with an obd2 scanner, isolate the problem and fix it.......once the problem is fixed, clear the code with the scanner, and drive around for like 10-15 miles and make sure no codes come back, at the same time you'll be getting your readiness monitors set as well......

Billman250

So what won't pass?

Y2K1S2K

2 things are not ready...the obd thing


but he drove it around and the battery is not and has not died

Y2K1S2K

the failed inspection sheet says:

OBD monitor readiness status:

Catalyst: Not Ready

Evaporative System: Not Ready

05YellowEVO8

yeah, drive around a bit till you get those readiness monitors in the ready state....
For my 2005 model car I am allowed by NYS to have 1 monitor in a not ready state...


and do not clear the codes while you are trying to get the "monitors" ready otherwise you will make all the monitors go into the "not ready" state

Billman250

If you've been driving around and have not got one monitor to run (as 05yellow said you only need one more to complete) you are missing the enable criteria.

Some evap monitors, in systems that use an LDP (leak detection pump) will not run until the tank is half full.

Cat USUALLY need sustained hwy driving at 60 mph for a few minutes.

It's different for every car/system.

05YellowEVO8

As I was struggling to get my car to pass NYS OBD2 inspection, this one pamphlet helped me out to understand how the OBD2 system works..
http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/broch/c114.pdf