Emissions Test Ontario, Canada > Help Please!
#1
01-16-2013, 11:25 AM
Emissions Test Ontario, Canada > Help Please!
Kind of in a bind. I have to get an E-test done on my 06 Monte SS. According to a lot of people in Ontario the new "drive clean" program fails a lot of people and I can't access the government site about it here in Haiti.
I don't have a cat on but was going to install my Pypes hiflow cat.
Link --> Pypes Catalytic Converter - 3" Highflo Mini-Cat With Metalic Substrate
and was told (well my mom rather because she's the one in Canada right now) That she should just get a cat from parts source for the E-test....
Part source brands
Is there any validity to this claim that I should get a parts source Cat and use that over my hiflow just for the test?
I don't have a cat on but was going to install my Pypes hiflow cat.
Link --> Pypes Catalytic Converter - 3" Highflo Mini-Cat With Metalic Substrate
and was told (well my mom rather because she's the one in Canada right now) That she should just get a cat from parts source for the E-test....
Part source brands
Is there any validity to this claim that I should get a parts source Cat and use that over my hiflow just for the test?
Last edited by Space; 01-16-2013 at 11:50 AM. Reason: add to get help from member's
#2
01-16-2013, 11:42 AM
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Southeast PA
Posts: 25,136
I can't read the rules for the E-Test. Do they hook your car up to a sniffer, or do they just hook it up to a computer to see if you are throwing any CELs, and do a visual test to see if you have a cat?
If it's just hooking it up to a computer, you can use whatever CAT you want and get a tune. If they are hooking you up to a sniffer, you might need to get a real CAT to lower the emissions from the tail-pipe.
If it's just hooking it up to a computer, you can use whatever CAT you want and get a tune. If they are hooking you up to a sniffer, you might need to get a real CAT to lower the emissions from the tail-pipe.
#4
01-16-2013, 11:54 AM
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Southeast PA
Posts: 25,136
Most likely they just hook it up to a computer and make sure all of the emission related sensors aren't reporting faults.
You could probably get by with a tune to delete any codes that pop up
You could probably get by with a tune to delete any codes that pop up
#5
01-16-2013, 11:55 AM
Hi `Justin,
I don't know the answer to your problem & I hope that one of our member's in Canada can help/advise.
Below is what I found on my search on this subject..
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~> Drive Clean - Ministry of the Environment - Ontario.ca
Ontario's Drive Clean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I don't know the answer to your problem & I hope that one of our member's in Canada can help/advise.
Below is what I found on my search on this subject..
* I could not open
~> Drive Clean - Ministry of the Environment - Ontario.ca
Ontario's Drive Clean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<CITE style="FONT-STYLE: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,153,51)">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario's_Drive_Clean</CITE>
Jump to Changing standards: The Drive Clean program has undergone several changes since its introduction in 1999 under then Ontario Premier Mike .
ESP Global - Ontario
Jump to Changing standards: The Drive Clean program has undergone several changes since its introduction in 1999 under then Ontario Premier Mike .
ESP Global - Ontario
<CITE style="FONT-STYLE: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,153,51)">www.esp-global.com/en_US/ETP/Ontario</CITE>
Ontario. ESP provides government-certified vehicle emissions testing equipment ...Analyzer measures up to the demands of Ontario's Drive Clean program. ... are committed to helping you succeed with the Drive Clean program regulations.
I hope that you can extract some infor from above Good Luck from `Space
Ontario. ESP provides government-certified vehicle emissions testing equipment ...Analyzer measures up to the demands of Ontario's Drive Clean program. ... are committed to helping you succeed with the Drive Clean program regulations.
I hope that you can extract some infor from above Good Luck from `Space
#7
01-16-2013, 12:08 PM
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Southeast PA
Posts: 25,136
That's how it is around here.
Most people think they can just clear a code and then go for the test, but you still fail. You need to get the PCM to NEVER display that code and then you pass each time 
Further, the new test checks the status of the self-tests, also known as monitors. If the monitor self-tests haven’t been successfully completed, a Drive Clean fail will ensue. Erasing the on-board computer memory with a scan tool or by disconnecting the battery will clear all the monitors and again yield an automatic Drive Clean failure.
#8
01-16-2013, 12:11 PM
So to the original question should I get an $80 cat. from part source pay to get it install or install the High flow, it has the 02 bung from what I understand... shouldn't throw any codes right?
#9
01-16-2013, 12:20 PM
Hey man don't know how it is in Windsor but over here in oshawa I pass no problems they do the computer hook up my tune passes with flying colours and a visual on the underside!
#10
01-16-2013, 12:24 PM
If you don't know someone or you can't do the pcm yourself maybe go with the parts source cat to completely avoid the problem but I believe even with the high flow they won't say anything man