SuperRallyRoo Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 I am going to attempt to pass emissions in the subaru. I don't think its gonna pass! But I'm gonna try. Do they let u go back as many times as it takes to make the car pass? If I have a minor exhaust leak will it fail? Should I get that fixed first or what? Should I run some cleaner though the car? I have been driving it for the past 2 days short trips around my neighborhood. It runs pretty good got lots of pep. I will let the car warm up well and should I put better gas then normal in? Or should I run cheap arco gas? Maybe it will burn faster? Sorry for the billion ?'s im just hella nervious that theres gonna be some HUGE problem and it will have to be fixed b4 it passes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torxxx Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 First of all, Fix the exhaust leak.. if its a small leak, fix it with jb weld.. jsut make sure it dries all the way.. From my expirences with getting IM's (I failed 4 times before I passed) they will usually do the test for free. its the certificate that costs the money. so if you fail you shouldnt have to pay. Another thing, run your car down til less then an 1/8th of a tank.. Then get some of the Heet that has Methyl Alcohol in it (NOT THE KIND WITH ISOPROPAL ALCOHOL - WONT WORK). Dump in 3 bottles.. Then Run your car around driving hardto get your Catylistic converter nice and hot (its what reburns the unburned gas). What kind of soob is it.. If its a Hitachi Carbbed one, they have a little cap next to the Idle screw, its a little bigger then a pencil eraser.. Drill that out.. Your Air mixture screw is under that cap.. So if it fails, do that and lean out your mixture a lil bit.. Antoher thing, change your oil and air filter. That makes a difference too.. Lemme know what happens with it. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperRallyRoo Posted November 17, 2003 Author Share Posted November 17, 2003 I don't like the idea of alcohol. It is a ea81 Turbo. I will get that JB weld stuff. But it might just not be clamped enough, its just a temp. muffler so I can pass. And when I pass later down I want to get better exhaust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torxxx Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 The alcohol thing came from one of my friends professors from Auto mechanic school.. He used to work for an IM place and he said it would work.. I did it, worked for me.. All it does is burn cleaner.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 From my expirences with getting IM's (I failed 4 times before I passed) they will usually do the test for free. its the certificate that costs the money. so if you fail you shouldnt have to pay. Thats not the case in washington. Its $15 to take the test. If you fail, they give you a little sheet that tells you some of the things that cause some of the failures.. Your next test is free.. but remember to bring your failed test paper in with you or you will have to pay again. if you fail again, your third test is $15.. fourth is free.. so on and so forth.. Its an old car.. they usually won't nail you for a small exhaust leak unless its really obvious. Unless there is some obvious noticeable problem, smoke or smell, do the normal maintenance(oil, filter, air filter, plugs wires) take it out on the freeway.. make sure the car is nice and warm and you have run it hard enough to warm the cats up and blow out ant crap settled in the exhaust.. then take it through and see what happens.. no sense trying to fix it if you don't know if its broken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperRallyRoo Posted November 17, 2003 Author Share Posted November 17, 2003 Ive been letting it warm up and take it to redline and stuff... To blow out crap from the pipes and stuff. It runs better now then it did when I first cranked it up. I will use the best gas I can get. Thanks for the advice Calebz & Torxxx. The exhuast leak isn't that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfreak85 Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 Mine passed the first time and wagonpowaa's BRAT passed first time too. never had problems with emissions so I cant give you any tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperRallyRoo Posted November 17, 2003 Author Share Posted November 17, 2003 Thats a bit of a relief actually. Cause If ur car made it, mine should. How many miles does ur car have on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfreak85 Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 I think my car has 138,XXX miles on it. It was in real good condition when we found it though, obviously not owned by some pot-head pimp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperRallyRoo Posted November 17, 2003 Author Share Posted November 17, 2003 You make me feel good and then u SHOOT me down! U know the pot head pimp only owned the car for like 10 days right?:boohoo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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