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idheaton · 08-03-2011, 09:54 AM

Byron,

I don't know an easy fix but do you have a code reader? I have an actron that will tell me when the various emission systems are ready which takes the guess work out of it.

My CEL came on last month during my renewal time (as it seems to every year) so I reset the light and then drove the car and kept checking it with my code reader.

One of my system never did become ready (coincidentally the once that throws the CEL) but since it being a '99, it fell in the MY range in Georgia that is allowed 2 non-ready or non-passing systems and still pass the test as long as the CEL isn't on.

08-03-2011, 09:54 AM	#2
idheaton Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: smyrna ga Posts: 210	Byron, I don't know an easy fix but do you have a code reader? I have an actron that will tell me when the various emission systems are ready which takes the guess work out of it. My CEL came on last month during my renewal time (as it seems to every year) so I reset the light and then drove the car and kept checking it with my code reader. One of my system never did become ready (coincidentally the once that throws the CEL) but since it being a '99, it fell in the MY range in Georgia that is allowed 2 non-ready or non-passing systems and still pass the test as long as the CEL isn't on. __________________ - ian Last edited by idheaton; 08-03-2011 at 09:57 AM.