Hi there, I don,t know what state you are in but in Ma. last year i did some emission repairs to my daughter's '98 s70. I cleared the fault codes and drove the car around to reset the readiness codes after repair. Long story short, the codes did not reset in time to get a new inspection sticker so I decided to run it through anyway and at the very worst buy more time for the codes to reset(60 days in Ma.). Result: car passed it's inspection without any problem. If you are a gambling man you may get away with a quick clear of the codes followed by an immediate visit to the inspector.


dan

Klaus, you the man! I will check these out. I noticed the muffler sounded kind of loud, like a baffle inside might be going. No rust,no holes, no leaks that i could detect. I tried blocking the exhaust tail pipe to check for leaks in the system but could not find any. Could this be related to my check engine light and codes coming up?

P0422 Main catalyst efficiency below threshold

Usually the rear 02 sensor reading bad. Look for vacuum line leaks around the intake manifold. Replace the rear O2 sensor as a last resort because that costs money.

P0442 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNI3RZXUSaM
P0455 general large leak of the Evap system.

My 1998 V70 has the charcoal canister in front of the left front wheel. The problem was next to the fuel filter, a hose had split. I replaced it with a 4" length of 1/4inch fuel line.
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