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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 10:17 PM
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I have an 04 S2K with an inlinepro turbo kit and it was also tuned by inline. But when I took it to get it tested it failed because they couldn't read my car. The ECU gave them nothing to read I didn't reset the ECU or anything it just didn't give any codes not even the readiness codes.

So after I failed I went home and used my scan tool (its a basic actron scan tool) and it kept saying LINK ERROR. I hooked it up to my buds EVO and it worked fine and went back to my car and surprise! LINK ERROR

I live in Nashville, TN and was wandering if anyone else have had this problem. It was doing the same thing when I bought the car and I took it back to the dealership and they took it to a shop in Lebonon, TN and they got it to pass but I don't know how now the dealership is out of business and I don't know what shop the took it to.

Thanks for any help!!!
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 10:58 PM
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Is it a stock ECU or is it an AEM?
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 11:08 PM
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your car probably has a stand alone AEM EMS, which is why it cant be read. Because OBDII has been eliminated.
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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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where can I find the ems is it at the stock ecu location, do i need to buy a factory ecu and tune it, and can I buy the software needed to tune the AEM EMS
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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 04:30 PM
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If your in tn, we dont have to take emissions in east tn, why do you take one down there ?
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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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I live in Hendersonville and we have to go through emissions, I hate it and it sucks.
It makes no sense that we have emissions and robertson county right next door doesnt
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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 04:50 PM
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Just register the car with a family/friend's address in this robertson county you speak of... problem solved.
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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 10:50 PM
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dont have any friends or family in robertson county, i don't go there enough to make friends
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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by 04White_S2000,Nov 3 2009, 09:38 PM
It makes no sense that we have emissions and robertson county right next door doesnt
Some would argue it makes no sense for robertson county to have no emissions testing like the rest of the US living in 2009.
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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 08:36 AM
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There are no emissions testing in the entire state of Florida.. We did have them at one time years ago but the then govener thought they were a bad idea and a waste of taxpayers dollars and have never been re-instated.
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