OBD system not supported?
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From: Colorado
OBD system not supported?
I went to get my emission test today.
Colorado is now strictly an OBD test for certain years of vehicles.
So they plug their machine in and everything says Not Supported.
Catalyst Converter, EGR system,Evaporative,Oxygen sensor,
Oxygen sensor heater,air system,air conditioning,heated catalyst.
I go home and plug in my Scangauge. It powers up, I do a scan and
it says No codes and it says Ready.
The car has never thrown a code and runs fine.
I'm running a 87 octane performance tune from the original Bama tunes.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Colorado is now strictly an OBD test for certain years of vehicles.
So they plug their machine in and everything says Not Supported.
Catalyst Converter, EGR system,Evaporative,Oxygen sensor,
Oxygen sensor heater,air system,air conditioning,heated catalyst.
I go home and plug in my Scangauge. It powers up, I do a scan and
it says No codes and it says Ready.
The car has never thrown a code and runs fine.
I'm running a 87 octane performance tune from the original Bama tunes.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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3rd Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 944
From: Colorado
Yeah it's an old tune (2008) from the original Bama.
When American Muscle bought Bama they gave me free tunes
for life. I'm wondering now if I should put the stock air box on
and return it to stock or ask American Muscle if they can send me
an emission test tune with everything supported.
When American Muscle bought Bama they gave me free tunes
for life. I'm wondering now if I should put the stock air box on
and return it to stock or ask American Muscle if they can send me
an emission test tune with everything supported.
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Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,621
From: LA
If you have the original tuner, it should have the original tune in it so that you can restore the tune for "warranty" visits to your Ford dealer or in this case to your local testing station. Just do that and get your sticker and then reload your tune. Chances are your stations aren't going to buy anything that isn't stock.
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From: Hackettstown, N.J.
Is the X pipe catted ?
If not, the 02's are probably turned off.
N.J. is also an inspection state, when they plug in to the OBD II port, everything has to be enabled.
My 11 has passed inspection with LT's, catted X pipe, & a 93 octane custom tune, the last 2 times it was due.
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If not, the 02's are probably turned off.
N.J. is also an inspection state, when they plug in to the OBD II port, everything has to be enabled.
My 11 has passed inspection with LT's, catted X pipe, & a 93 octane custom tune, the last 2 times it was due.
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Thread Starter
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From: Colorado
Yep I have the tuner so I'm going to return to stock and put
the stock air box back on and drive it for a couple weeks.
And yes I have the factory cats on it.
So Colorado has changed the way they test now.
2 years ago I remember them doing the treadmill test, a sniff test at
the tail pipes and in the cabin, plus they did a visual. They did the OBD as well,
but if it said not supported or not ready they moved on to the sniff, treadmill and visual.
Now it's obd test only for certain years, so it's pass or fail based on obd only.
the stock air box back on and drive it for a couple weeks.
And yes I have the factory cats on it.
So Colorado has changed the way they test now.
2 years ago I remember them doing the treadmill test, a sniff test at
the tail pipes and in the cabin, plus they did a visual. They did the OBD as well,
but if it said not supported or not ready they moved on to the sniff, treadmill and visual.
Now it's obd test only for certain years, so it's pass or fail based on obd only.
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Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Colorado
Well I put the stock airbox back on and put the stock tune back on.
Took about a week for the monitors to become ready for testing.
Passed the emissions test which was just the OBD test.
So check with your state to see if their testing has changed.
2 years ago I passed with the same tune that failed this year.
Took about a week for the monitors to become ready for testing.
Passed the emissions test which was just the OBD test.
So check with your state to see if their testing has changed.
2 years ago I passed with the same tune that failed this year.