For those of you that don't know/have e-check:
You used to have to pay $20 for a company to inspect your car's emissions/gas cap/exhaust (make sure you have a cat and gas cap). I think you could only go 3 times.
They have now made it free and you can go as many times as you want/need to pass now.
So I take the Neon. The young kid went to move it, and he stalled it. The girl who then took it had no problems
First, the OBD-II wouldn't read, so they had to do the 'ole sniffer test. She put it on the rollers and it seriously took like 5 minutes @ 25 mph then the test was over.
My 91 Miata had no problems passing.... the Neon fails.
Hydrocarbons: 88.5 out of a possible 89.0 = PASS
Carbon Monoxide: .56 out of a possible .50 = FAIL
Nox: 1920.7 out of a possible 684.0 (LOL) = FAIL
Gas cap was fine.
Holy Nox batman!! Upon reading their pamphlet afterwards, apparently Nox (Nitrogen/Oxygen compounds) is produced when engine combustion temperatures run high (that does NOT make me feel good lol cuz I already think it's too lean as is).
So then I went to CVS and grabbed a quart of rubbing alcohol. The 91% stuff. Stuck it in my 1/4 full tank and filled up the tank. Ran the car HARD for 9.9 miles, came into the echeck place 3 hours later, brakes smelling and car pretty warm.
On the rollers again. This time it passes.
Hydrocarbons: 64.1 out of a possible 89.0 = PASS
Carbon Monoxide: .29 out of a possible .50 = PASS
Nox: 682.8 out of a possible 684.0 (close!) = PASS
They didn't check the gas cap or for presence of a cat. Whatever!
Bottle of rubbing alcohol: $2.11
Fresh tank of 92 octane and 9.9 miles of hard driving including one Hawk HPS-fading 100+ mph stop: $23.32
Passing e-check by 1.2 PPM: PRICELESS!!!!!!
