2nd Gen R56 Cooper S Most liked posts in thread: CA smog test

  1. rkw

    rkw Well-Known Member

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    Catback exhaust doesn't matter for smog test.
     
  2. vetsvette

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    Nope. They use the automotive equivalent of an anal probe. :eek6:

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  3. rkw

    rkw Well-Known Member

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    In addition to the probe, they do plug into the OBD, but I don't know what readings they pull from it.
     
  4. fngolfer

    fngolfer Active Member

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    No probe in newer cars I thought
     
  5. Firebro17

    Firebro17 Dazed, but not Confused
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    OBDII, no probe.
     
  6. checkers

    checkers Well-Known Member

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    OBDII and a look under the bonnet. I had mine done 2 weeks ago.