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[QUOTE="Duzitall, post: 591242, member: 9624"] I've had to smog my '02 twice now in San Diego. They plug into the OBDII, take a quick glance under the hood and floor the pedal a couple times. Smoke will make you fail immediately. No cat if it came with one and you fail. CEL is a fail. Soft codes like 605 and whatever the other "not ready" code is are a fail. I always make sure mine are clear. I would be surprised if your average tech called you out for a different turbo that looked relatively OEM. I left my open element filter on which is legal on a diesel of course but you wouldn't think your standard smog guy would know that. I was prepared to argue that point but the tech didn't even blink at it. I take off the couple other items that don't look OEM and put that stupid intake heater back in otherwise it throws a soft code and that's probably a fail. Could you fail the OBDII even if there's no codes. Say from reprogramming or having a chip? That's be the big question for me. I've been out of touch with the diesel world for a couple years. I have never chipped or otherwise screwed with my OEM PCM. I have a spare PCM from Jody and change back to my stock PCM a week before I go in for the test. It sucks having to drive the truck like that for a few cold start cycles. That's life in a smog zone I guess. Best of luck with your testing. [/QUOTE]
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