I live in northern Utah in a county that requires diesel emissions. The past few years, my 2001 7.3 has passed with flying colors. Due to the fact that the truck didn't come with a catalytic converter, all that is required for the emissions test is a dynamo-meter/smoke test.
The result of my dyno test this year was 1.63 (not sure what units this is measured in) of the limit of 20. This year, I was told that my truck passed, but next year it will fail. The reasoning behind this is that I have an Edge monitor in the windshield that looks like a chip. And apparently any kind of chip or tuning is illegal now. I would like to see the legislation behind this but whatever. The guy told me that because of the device in my windshield (a MONITOR) my truck will fail. The truck does currently have a PHP chip. Each time I go, I simply turn the chip to stock setting and hide the switch under the dashboard. Without them connecting a computer to the OBDII port (which they don't) they would have no idea its chipped. Their only reasoning for the truck being chipped was the monitor in the windshield. No matter how many times I told them that it was only a monitor, he kept telling me that "they can be programmed."
I called the guy in charge to try to get some clarification and he kept telling me that it is not limited to just chips. He says "Any tampering whatsoever." He says that they are working with vehicle manufacturers and the manufacturers are willing to share technology with them that will tell if a vehicle has EVER had a chip installed. (I'm assuming this is determined by interruptions in the PCM) If any tampering is suspected, the vehicle will fail. So basically, every diesel in the county will fail next year.
So if I bring my truck in with a monitor on the dash, because it looks like something that could be programmed, my truck will fail. Regardless of how well it does on the dyno. His advise was to bring any literature that came with the product to prove that its not a chip.
Does anyone have any input on this? What a crock of crap.
The result of my dyno test this year was 1.63 (not sure what units this is measured in) of the limit of 20. This year, I was told that my truck passed, but next year it will fail. The reasoning behind this is that I have an Edge monitor in the windshield that looks like a chip. And apparently any kind of chip or tuning is illegal now. I would like to see the legislation behind this but whatever. The guy told me that because of the device in my windshield (a MONITOR) my truck will fail. The truck does currently have a PHP chip. Each time I go, I simply turn the chip to stock setting and hide the switch under the dashboard. Without them connecting a computer to the OBDII port (which they don't) they would have no idea its chipped. Their only reasoning for the truck being chipped was the monitor in the windshield. No matter how many times I told them that it was only a monitor, he kept telling me that "they can be programmed."
I called the guy in charge to try to get some clarification and he kept telling me that it is not limited to just chips. He says "Any tampering whatsoever." He says that they are working with vehicle manufacturers and the manufacturers are willing to share technology with them that will tell if a vehicle has EVER had a chip installed. (I'm assuming this is determined by interruptions in the PCM) If any tampering is suspected, the vehicle will fail. So basically, every diesel in the county will fail next year.
So if I bring my truck in with a monitor on the dash, because it looks like something that could be programmed, my truck will fail. Regardless of how well it does on the dyno. His advise was to bring any literature that came with the product to prove that its not a chip.
Does anyone have any input on this? What a crock of crap.
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