Re: 98 Honda Civic Sensors Not Ready / will not pass inspection
Just an aside, I drove from Topeka KS to OK City once, about 130-140 kph....
I left my gas cap in Topeka by accident. Never caused a CEL.... and it didn't affect mileage, that trip is 475kms, I only put in 8.5 gallons. 98 civic 5-spd, had about 165000 on it at the time, back in 2003. t Tegger wrote: >Brownie <none@000.com> wrote in news:969331 >_a8d6b8548560e317c31431250c0e68fb@autoboardz.co m: > >> Hi folks, >> The Civic will not pass inspection in New York, engine light is not >[quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> The 3rd option I don’t remember off hand but it was similiar to the >> others. Any suggestions whithout replacing the Cat? > >Did you disconnect the battery at any recent point? That clears all the >flags. > >That suggested "drive cycle" sounds bogus. Removing the gas cap and >allowing the engine to run will set an error code. > >The drive cycle in essence ensures that the engine warms up all the way, >and is driven long enough, and under sufficiently varying conditions, >for all the systems to run their self-tests. The monitor flags are set >"ready" after each system passes its self-test. > >Take the car for an hour's continuous drive, half highway and half city, >then shut the engine off and allow it to cool completely (at least five >hours). Now repeat your previous hour's driving. This will give you a >much greater chance to have all the flags set. > >If the car is never driven very far, or never driven to fully-hot, some >flags will never become "ready". > >Now, having said all the above, there are certain vehicles that have >known problems with monitor flags refusing to set. These vehicles are >given exceptional status at smog stations, and so achieve a pass even >with certain flags not ready. Your local dealer can look up any TSBs >that may apply to your car and that problem >(*if* such TSBs exist for your VIN, and they may not). > -- Message posted via CarKB.com http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...-cars/200701/1 |
Re: 98 Honda Civic Sensors Not Ready / will not pass inspection
Just an aside, I drove from Topeka KS to OK City once, about 130-140 kph....
I left my gas cap in Topeka by accident. Never caused a CEL.... and it didn't affect mileage, that trip is 475kms, I only put in 8.5 gallons. 98 civic 5-spd, had about 165000 on it at the time, back in 2003. t Tegger wrote: >Brownie <none@000.com> wrote in news:969331 >_a8d6b8548560e317c31431250c0e68fb@autoboardz.co m: > >> Hi folks, >> The Civic will not pass inspection in New York, engine light is not >[quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> The 3rd option I don’t remember off hand but it was similiar to the >> others. Any suggestions whithout replacing the Cat? > >Did you disconnect the battery at any recent point? That clears all the >flags. > >That suggested "drive cycle" sounds bogus. Removing the gas cap and >allowing the engine to run will set an error code. > >The drive cycle in essence ensures that the engine warms up all the way, >and is driven long enough, and under sufficiently varying conditions, >for all the systems to run their self-tests. The monitor flags are set >"ready" after each system passes its self-test. > >Take the car for an hour's continuous drive, half highway and half city, >then shut the engine off and allow it to cool completely (at least five >hours). Now repeat your previous hour's driving. This will give you a >much greater chance to have all the flags set. > >If the car is never driven very far, or never driven to fully-hot, some >flags will never become "ready". > >Now, having said all the above, there are certain vehicles that have >known problems with monitor flags refusing to set. These vehicles are >given exceptional status at smog stations, and so achieve a pass even >with certain flags not ready. Your local dealer can look up any TSBs >that may apply to your car and that problem >(*if* such TSBs exist for your VIN, and they may not). > -- Message posted via CarKB.com http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...-cars/200701/1 |
Re: 98 Honda Civic Sensors Not Ready / will not pass inspection
"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in news:6cf8ceccf3e79@uwe:
> Just an aside, I drove from Topeka KS to OK City once, about 130-140 > kph.... I left my gas cap in Topeka by accident. > > Never caused a CEL.... and it didn't affect mileage, that trip is > 475kms, I only put in 8.5 gallons. > > 98 civic 5-spd, had about 165000 on it at the time, back in 2003. > This is a perfect complement to the monitor "readiness flags" issue. If your MIL did not illuminate even with the gas cap off, then the ECM never did its EVAP self-test. You would think it would have run a test during such a long drive, but it did not. This is why it is sometimes necessary to do the official "drive cycle" to get all the self-tests to run so the monitors will all report "ready", and why it's a bad idea to clear all the flags by disconnecting the battery. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Re: 98 Honda Civic Sensors Not Ready / will not pass inspection
"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in news:6cf8ceccf3e79@uwe:
> Just an aside, I drove from Topeka KS to OK City once, about 130-140 > kph.... I left my gas cap in Topeka by accident. > > Never caused a CEL.... and it didn't affect mileage, that trip is > 475kms, I only put in 8.5 gallons. > > 98 civic 5-spd, had about 165000 on it at the time, back in 2003. > This is a perfect complement to the monitor "readiness flags" issue. If your MIL did not illuminate even with the gas cap off, then the ECM never did its EVAP self-test. You would think it would have run a test during such a long drive, but it did not. This is why it is sometimes necessary to do the official "drive cycle" to get all the self-tests to run so the monitors will all report "ready", and why it's a bad idea to clear all the flags by disconnecting the battery. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Re: 98 Honda Civic Sensors Not Ready / will not pass inspection
"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in news:6cf8ceccf3e79@uwe:
> Just an aside, I drove from Topeka KS to OK City once, about 130-140 > kph.... I left my gas cap in Topeka by accident. > > Never caused a CEL.... and it didn't affect mileage, that trip is > 475kms, I only put in 8.5 gallons. > > 98 civic 5-spd, had about 165000 on it at the time, back in 2003. > This is a perfect complement to the monitor "readiness flags" issue. If your MIL did not illuminate even with the gas cap off, then the ECM never did its EVAP self-test. You would think it would have run a test during such a long drive, but it did not. This is why it is sometimes necessary to do the official "drive cycle" to get all the self-tests to run so the monitors will all report "ready", and why it's a bad idea to clear all the flags by disconnecting the battery. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Re: 98 Honda Civic Sensors Not Ready / will not pass inspection
"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in news:6cf8ceccf3e79@uwe:
> Just an aside, I drove from Topeka KS to OK City once, about 130-140 > kph.... I left my gas cap in Topeka by accident. > > Never caused a CEL.... and it didn't affect mileage, that trip is > 475kms, I only put in 8.5 gallons. > > 98 civic 5-spd, had about 165000 on it at the time, back in 2003. > This is a perfect complement to the monitor "readiness flags" issue. If your MIL did not illuminate even with the gas cap off, then the ECM never did its EVAP self-test. You would think it would have run a test during such a long drive, but it did not. This is why it is sometimes necessary to do the official "drive cycle" to get all the self-tests to run so the monitors will all report "ready", and why it's a bad idea to clear all the flags by disconnecting the battery. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
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