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Originally Posted by sfkjeld
thanks again JPF. This is what I was talking about, tho I thought it was a Durametric tool that cleared the computer.
I have no doubt clearing CEL for the purpose of getting a clear smog test is illegal. But from what I was told, the car is by no means running dirty. The results of the smog tests I’ve had are excellent and have nothing to do with the cleared CEL.
Spending $7k to clear a CEL on a $10-12k 23yr old car is silly. I’ve owned many Porsches over the last 30 years and I do not like getting $$ buried in them. I usually dump them before they begin to cost a lot. I’ll keep paying $200 every 2 years to smog it, until something majors goes wrong.
What kind of shop do you own? Have you done actuators on a 2.7 motor?
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For years, a well-equipped one that has done actuator's both engine in and engine out on several types of Porsche engines. If you have the correct tools, and know what you are doing, this is not as ugly a job as many people make it out to be. We have also seen cars that had an engine out actuator replacement at another shop that then continued to throw the same code, and turned out to only need at $150 wiring repair rather than a new actuator because the previous shop did not do the appropriate electrical tests first, they just threw very expensive parts and labor at the car.
And correct me if I am wrong, but isn't it considered illegal to sell a car in CA knowing that it has such a fault and not disclosing it to the buyer, and that it could only be sold as a parts car if it was unable to correctly pass smog?
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