Hwayfun
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Bill,
I have a 2000 Pace Arrow Vision, Triton V10. This past November I took it in for emissions testing. Before driving down to the testing station I ran it up the freeway and back. 15 min freeway + 15 min city streets....I thought that was enough. Failed. Before I paid for $150 worth of emissions tuneup I thought I'd take it out and run it longer at freeway speeds. This 2nd time was approx 45 min on freeway...probably overkill but I wanted it as warm as possible. Passed with flying colors. Made a note of it in my calendar as I'll forget in two years when I have to have it re-tested. 
Good Luck.
Hwayfun
2000 Pace Arrow Vision 35R
2006 Jeep Liberty Sport - toad
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sbishop
Eagle Rock, CA
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Bill, My non injected chevy failed a year ago and was a gross polluter. The mechanic in Simi Valley didn't do a pre test before the real test and the rig failed in several areas. I don't remember what they were but an electrical tune up brought everything back well within range. After the engine failed I had to take it to another shop for repairs and the mechanic there told me what was causing the problems. Your shop should be able to tell you that too. There is a small shop in Highland Park that might have trouble getting a rig your size in but all the techs (college gradute mechanics)are good but they are expensive. It is Bussards Auto Pro on York Blvd and Ave 53. Their number is 323 255 5566. Ask for Gary(owner) or Joe (shop manager). They are young (at least to me) but they do know their stuff. They will find everything your engine needs fixed, even stuff you might find iffy, but they get it done. My rig is in Simi Valley now so I use my daughter's shop out there but if I store it locally again, I'll go back to them.
"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to go". R. L. Stevenson
David Bishop
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sbishop
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Just a quick PS, there was a switch in the air cleaner housing that went bad once. The pretest at the garage was fine but when it got to the smog shop it would fail. Suddenly it started working again.
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FIRE UP
Ramona, CA. USA
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Well Gang,
I must have been lucky on the last two gas rigs we've owned. The first was an '89 Class C with the 460 Ford that we owned for 11 years and the one we just sold about 10 months ago, a '99 Bounder with the V-10 and BANKS unit that we owned for almost 8 years. Neither one ever had any trouble passing smog. I never jumped through any hoops, did all the so called stuff to get them to pass. The only thing I EVER did was simply get both of them up to temp.
And, all that consisted of was simply driving it at normal speeds and throttle for about 10 minutes before pulling into the smog testers bay which, was by appointment so, they were ready for me when I showed up, each time. Of all the tests, and all the years we owned those two rigs, about 18 years between the two of them, we only had one time when the earlier one did not pass. The reason, a bad gas cap. They wanted $19.00 for a gas cap and I told them, "ain't happening" and drove the rig to an Auto Zone and picked one up for $6.00 and drove it back, they were not too happy 'cause I didn't buy one from them but, it made the rig pass smog.
There may be some engines out there that are close to "Gross polluters" but, those two of mine weren't in that class.
Scott
Scott and Karla
San Diego Fire Department RETIRED
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