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Automotive Emissions Forum

Professional automotive forum for discussion of automotive emissions, on-board diagnostics (OBD2), and emissions testing programs around the world. The discussions often cover both the non-technical aspects (such as enforcement, automotive politics, and legal), as well as the technical aspects of emissions and emissions-related repairs, including the differences between vehicle certification and the various inspection and maintenance programs around the world. This forum is for experienced automotive repair professionals only, membership required.

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Recent Automotive Discussions in the Automotive Emissions Forum

Lack luster support
06/06/2025 in the Emissions Forum
I rent equipment from ESP monthly. This suited my needs as I didn't have to go out-of-pocket for the DAD and the like. Started OIS smogs about april of last year. Had minor issues in the past. Some were ignored; some got a call but after I resolved the is...
When will USA or CA catch up with Euro Emission Standards
04/25/2025 in the Emissions Forum
Will USA or CA catch up with Euro emission standards? Europe has "End of Life" emission standards that require OEMs to be at least partially responsible for disposal of any & every part of the vehicle at "end of life". This includes EV battery disposal or...
PDTCs
03/24/2025 in the Emissions Forum
So, most, if not all in iatn land, know about PDTCs. The pcm must be happy to make these go away. These codes aren't burned into the chip. If they were they would never go away. Couldn't one do a deep reset to make them disappear? You know...remove batter...
Looking for information on light duty diesel emissions tests
03/24/2025 in the Emissions Forum
I'm rarely ever on this forum but was quite active in other sections of iATN. For the life of me, I'm doing my best trying to find data and concise info, but I find a lot of riff=raff and 500 page reports missing the data I want. I'm trying to find EPA em...

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