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09-26-2006, 09:41 AM
So... I opened things up to see if the throttle body needed cleaning. Fortunately, it was pretty much sparkling clean. Of course, that didn't stop me from shooting a little cleaner down in it just to be sure I wasn't missing anything. Totally unecessary, but being obsessive like I am... :D
I quickly reassembled everything and started her up. It took a couple of seconds for it to get started. This was expected. Surprisingly, no blue smoke out the tailpipe like with my other cars. It did run rough though. In hindsight, I should have just shut it off and then restarted it. Instead, I drove it around the block and it continued to run rough. I looked down and the CEL was on. Turned car off. Restarted. Roughness was gone and it ran fine. CEL still on though. Disconnected the battery for 10 minutes as recommended from a search of the archives here. CEL now off.
My question is whether this has left a code that will be a problem when I go to get an emissions inspection in the next day or two. I will run the car to make sure the CEL doesn't turn back on and I will run the car on the highway to get the catalytic converter nice and warm before the test. I just wonder if there will be an issue due to the CEL light recently having been on. My understanding is that in Geogia with newer cars they just plug into the computer port for the emissions test. They don't do a tailpipe test. Do you think it will be an issue?
Thanks,
Doug
I quickly reassembled everything and started her up. It took a couple of seconds for it to get started. This was expected. Surprisingly, no blue smoke out the tailpipe like with my other cars. It did run rough though. In hindsight, I should have just shut it off and then restarted it. Instead, I drove it around the block and it continued to run rough. I looked down and the CEL was on. Turned car off. Restarted. Roughness was gone and it ran fine. CEL still on though. Disconnected the battery for 10 minutes as recommended from a search of the archives here. CEL now off.
My question is whether this has left a code that will be a problem when I go to get an emissions inspection in the next day or two. I will run the car to make sure the CEL doesn't turn back on and I will run the car on the highway to get the catalytic converter nice and warm before the test. I just wonder if there will be an issue due to the CEL light recently having been on. My understanding is that in Geogia with newer cars they just plug into the computer port for the emissions test. They don't do a tailpipe test. Do you think it will be an issue?
Thanks,
Doug