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Re: Smog check questions 200 1983

posted by  someone claiming to be Peter Cohen on  Sun Nov 12 17:57 CST 2000 [RELATED]

From what I have heard, a hole in the muffler will make you fail Calif smog. Like someone else said, the probe will not eb getting a true reading.

So, its not that a bad muffler would make you a gross polluter, its part of the "visual inspection".

The advice about the pre-test is sound, though. You really don't want to risk being branded as a gross polluter. A real pain to deal with.

For what its worth, the law in California says that getting a smog certificate is thye SELLER'S responsibility. However, in private transactions, that is almost always ignored.

OH, and BTW, a 1983 car is not 13 years old. Its 17 - 18 years old.





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