How do you get around OBD2 Testing in GA? (System Not Ready)
 

Fellow GA 86's.

I believe if you remove Cats, your Emmisions system will show "not ready" in the OBD2 monitor...

Then, if you use the EVAP soleniod line for boost control, that is a second system that will show "Not ready"....


So how do you get around this in GA? (Having two systems not ready for OBD2 yearly test)

@Reaper @dwx @ATL BRZ

the readiness should go away after about a week. I've had that before (not in my BRZ, but in another car). After driving roughly a full gas tank, the readiness was...ready.

We don't need emissions yet for our cars. I believe next year will be the first year. I think it's 3 years after the car comes out is when you need emissions to get your tag... and even then it is/was only in metro atlanta. The rest of the state, unless I'm mistaken, doesn't have emissions.

Thanks. I was reading the law and it seems emmisions is only 13 counties within ATL metro area, but the OBD2 test is everywhere? Might be mistaken, I don't live there just reading up in the GA page for emmisions.

Is one system allowed not be ready like in other states? Or all systems are required to be ready?

I know that my tuner has disabled the DTC for cat readiness so I've never seen it, but then again I've never actively monitored that metric in Torque in regular driving so it may not be actively "ready" even though the DTC is disabled. I'm not sure how that works. As far as I know we do not have visual inspections in Fulton county. I have a secondary cat but I never bothered to move the secondary O2 sensor aft of it since there's no point to. Worst case scenario I have my OEM header and can swap it on the lift if I absolutely needed to.

I need to actually drive the car around now that I'm not flashing it 3 times per drive to see what the monitors read... Maybe they all show ready and I don't even know.

I had tons of issues dealing with customers cars without cat and with tunes in the Volkswagen world here in NC (OBD2 only inspection testing) curious to see what's needed to get catless and tuned cars though inspection on this platform.

The issue we ran in to with inspection was when the tune disabled the fault codes for the missing catalyst, the ECU no longer checks to make sure it's working so the readiness test wont run and it will be unset. Obviously different tunes can handle that differently, but what we had to do was run a O2 spacer and the stock tune, then force the readiness tests using our scan tool, get it inspected and then flashed back to the stage 2 programming. PITA like I said.

it's 2014


can people stop ripping the cats out of their daily driven cars?

Not really.. Also good to note, I don't daily drive my car.


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FYI, the state of Georgia allows 2 sensors to not be ready before auto failing the test. If a sensor shows not ready, you need to put between 65-150 miles on the car. Then it should pop ready. A tune should not matter, in fact...it theoretically should help pass emissions. Other than that, there is no way to "sneak" an obd2 car. Unlike an obd1 where you can manually input info, obd2s do it all automatically from the port.

2 sensors to not be ready allowed is good enough. That is the exact info I needed. Ecutek boost control tunes will have at most 2 sensors not ready. Thanks!

@Sportsguy83 I am exempt from emissions testing in 49 states.

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GRRRRRR....

Sorry.

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New job offer?

Not yet, but trying to cover all bases beforehand.

My friend managed to pass emissions without his cats in his s2000. not sure how lol.

I used to reset the ecu in early obd2 cars so it would force the tailpipe test. Then id dump isopropyl alcohol in the tank and pass everytime

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You realize 98% of cars will pass without cats right? All it takes is for the tester to not look under the car, and to use one if the "tricks" to fool the ecu into thinking it's there. (Much like how we use an extended o2 well on aftermarket headers.)

Also, as far as what counties DO require emissions. It's mainly any within proximity to downtown Atlanta. Mine(douglasville) requires it, but Carroll(literally 20 miles down the street) does not.

Sorry sir, I did not know that. Especially since my county does not require emissions, thus I've never had to test any of my cars.

AFAIK, it has to show all ready. but @J_kennington may know more about it than I do. :p

Cobb County does require emissions.. What county is your car registered in?

If you live and registered in Marietta...you have to have emissions. Granted, we have 3 years from DOB to have to get it on our twins(in otherwords, a 2012 needs it's first emissions in 2015, a 2013 will need first emissions in 2016)

The ONLY reason I know 2 can be "not ready" is because my buddy has ran a station for 3 years now. The "not ready" fail is mainly in effect for the people who know they have a CEL, pull into the parking, clear the code, and try to get it tested.

If you know the right people and have some $ anything is possible.

I know someone who has a car all suspensions is fucked (every bump is hard metal to metal sound), ran out of oil once, all kinds of codes, etc etc lolol

Anyway they knew someone, left the car with them and they got a pass. I think it cost them 200$?

Not sure how that thing is still working to be honest but more power to them. The oil pressure warning beeps every 2 minutes when driving it, I'd go crazy personally.

I'm guessing it was also an obd1 vehicle?

Pike county

It's a 1999

Just saw this thread.

I failed a test in my FXT because the OBD2 readiness for the O2 sensor was not complete. I'm not sure where the rule is about you are okay with 2 sensors being not ready but I'm not sure that's true.

I'm not sure what Ecutek can do as far as the readiness state goes. In the past just turning off the DTC wasn't enough to pass emissions because you'd still fail the readiness check.

CPC you could always just reconnect the stock CPC and run WG boost until emissions was done. O2 sensor would be a little more difficult unless you had a catted front pipe and even then I'm not sure it would pass. GA has no visual inspection so as long as the plug-in check passes you are good to go.

IM REVIVING THIS because I'm due VERY soon for my turbo catless 2013 FR-S.

Pay off someone or move to Florida.

Option 1. Where to?

Hmm does the car still throw a code with a catted front pipe and the O2 sensor in the front pipe?

Some do. But I'm FI and have a completely entirely set of different problems.