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iowa is looking to adopt california emission standards for new cars sold here . I 'm sure it's coming sooner or later.I would rather wiat for it on a fedral level . I wonder if they realize what enforcing and inspecting cars will cost ? Auto repair shops are going to spend major $$$$ to equip their shops . Anyone got any Ca. repair horror stories ?
 
Iowa used to have vehicle inspections when you licensed it. Slip the man $20.00 and he'd pass a "skeeter fogger." Did that back in the 70's. It got to be so common that the state figured why bother.
 
Most 49 state cars have been living up to California emission standards for years. They just have different decals on the motor. SMOG checks can be had for $39.95 and are good for 2 years. I have been going through this for over 20 years with many vehicals, never had any expensive problems. I have had to replace heat riser tubes and a couple of gas caps. Cars with electronic fuel injuction are mostly trouble free at smog check time.
 
This emission stuff is a bad deal for older cars, and trucks. I get a test only certificate from the state of Calif. on my 80 F350 every two years. This means only certin stations can do the testing, but not the repairs. If it don't pass,. you just keep comming back until you have the problem fixed. Each test is around 35.00. I just take my truck to a pre test, and repair. He will guarantee it to pass the certified test. It is a little pricy, but keeps me from buying unnecessary parts. Some of the lucky ones just get a test required for new reg. then you can shop around and try and find a crooked garage. I think the guy I used got caught because he is no longer in business. for 80.00 he could get it to pass. There is a plan in the works to do a test as cars drive by a air sampler station, if the machine gets a bad reading, a camera will take a picture of your license and you will receive a ticket in the mail. Come to calif we need your money. Stan
 
That is another bad idea. The same thing goes for each state setting their own gas blend. If Des Moines is having air pollution problems they should deal with it by doing emission testing , maybe like I had to have done every two years when I lived in a suburb of Denver. Antique cars were exempt from this testing, and no car was expected to pass tougher standards than what were in place when it was built. DOUG
 
Can someone answer this?Got a 99 Dodge,24 valve 25 miles to the gallon.2007 Dodge 15 on a good day with a tail wind,Now how can the 07 put out less emission than the 99 when its not burning as much of the fuel going through it?Could it be that Fuel co.Auto makers,and EPA are in bed together? Thanks
 
Here in NY we have had California Emissions for years. We get inspected once a year, they don't smog the tail pipe ,but they plug into the OBD and check for codes. Most folks have someone do a preinspection scan to clear the codes and then get it inspected a couple of days later. If it does throw a code at inspection you are gonna get it fixed.
 
I read your post to say that Iowa is adopting the CA emission standards for new cars. That's an entirely different thing than adopting the California rules for inspection and repair.

The fact of the matter is that today the majority of the cars are sold in states that have adopted the tougher California emission standards. The auto makers don't like it, because the federal laws have been usurped by the California Air Resources Board. But for a new car buyer or the owner of an older car, it doesn't mean much.
 
Its not the total volume of pollution, it's whats contained in the pollution. For example, advancing the timing improves fuel economy, but makes the engine produce a lot more of certain pollutants. So does making it run leaner. Current engines are tuned to ensure they continue to pass emissions over the life of the engine.

That's how these performance tuners work. By pushing the tuning to the edge of acceptable emissions, they can make it run more efficiently or produce more power, but at the expense of probably not passing emissions when the engine gets worn.

You give the "government" too much credit to assume they're in cahoots with the automakers. Remember, the country is run by a bunch of career civil servants.

Keith
 
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