Thread: Check engine light 2003 Porsche boxstet
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Old 01-22-2018, 08:48 PM   #14
thstone
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Originally Posted by Porsche-Eh View Post
...you can't get your car smog tested if there is a CEL light on ?
^^ This is correct. ^^

To be more specific, illumination of the CEL light bulb is not what matters; the smog test equipment checks the ECU for emission failure codes and will not pass a car with a code.
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