Failed emissions test

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Originally Posted by John Boothby

When I bought my 1990, I had it smogged and it failed. The guy I bought it from said that it had never failed a smog test. When I got home, I noticed that the power key was on "FULL POWER". I returned the next day, turned the power key to "NORMAL" and it passed with flying colors. I posted this before, and some folks have stated that it should pass either way, and that I may have other issues. However, my car runs fine and everything checks out fine. Just thought I would pass this along. By the way, my car has 69.5K.

John,

Thanks for the reply - I am taking her back in tomorrow for another try at the e-test. I ran the living day lights out of her this weekend and we will see if that helps, if not, at least it was fun!

If it still fails I will order a new chip from the dealer - I didn't know that they would be available or that inexpensive.

Thanks to everyone for the advice - I will let you guys know how I make out tomorrow.

Ron