Wallyman
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Wichita Falls, TX
I AM SO LEGAL I AM SO LEGAL>>>>>> party1: party1: party1: party1:
Its been a long time but i , for the first time in my life, am smog legal in the state of Texas. Well the Houston area that is. Most of the state has no smog test but the DFW, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, ElPaso, big cities are so one could easily have it regularly inspected in another county. Given you have some kind of tie there to show proof of residency. I could no longer do so. So after a brand new Cat (and all the rest of the exhaust because why not upgrade to a DynoMax Cat back also) and a new O2 sensor, it got the NOX levels down to passing.
Now this is on my 1990 Lemited 4.0 XJ. It being 17 years old of course rather worries me with these tests.I replaced all the vacuum lines under the hoode i could find, make sure there were no leaks,fiddled with the EGR to make sure it functioned, and pulled that nastyfied rotted up O2 sensor off. I bought this in the state of PA and the Cat had been cut out so that was obvious that it needed to be replaced.
Anyhoo,....the point of this posting was only to express my pure excitement at the fact i dont have to dodge the Law man on the streets due to not having a sticker anymore!!!!!
That is all really. So if anyones having the "Im worried i wont pass the smog inspection" blues, :rattle: the O2 sensor made a world of difference and it cost about 56.00 at "The Zone". Plug and play with a 7/8 end wrench on a warm manifold. WARM mani makes it sooo much easier to pull. I saw a bunch of "what can i do, how do i, what does it cost" questions. Well its a worldo f difference. And i think she runs smoother as well. Now if i can get that oil to stay in the crankcase.........Jeep on everyone...... jeep on.
Its been a long time but i , for the first time in my life, am smog legal in the state of Texas. Well the Houston area that is. Most of the state has no smog test but the DFW, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, ElPaso, big cities are so one could easily have it regularly inspected in another county. Given you have some kind of tie there to show proof of residency. I could no longer do so. So after a brand new Cat (and all the rest of the exhaust because why not upgrade to a DynoMax Cat back also) and a new O2 sensor, it got the NOX levels down to passing.
Now this is on my 1990 Lemited 4.0 XJ. It being 17 years old of course rather worries me with these tests.I replaced all the vacuum lines under the hoode i could find, make sure there were no leaks,fiddled with the EGR to make sure it functioned, and pulled that nastyfied rotted up O2 sensor off. I bought this in the state of PA and the Cat had been cut out so that was obvious that it needed to be replaced.
Anyhoo,....the point of this posting was only to express my pure excitement at the fact i dont have to dodge the Law man on the streets due to not having a sticker anymore!!!!!
That is all really. So if anyones having the "Im worried i wont pass the smog inspection" blues, :rattle: the O2 sensor made a world of difference and it cost about 56.00 at "The Zone". Plug and play with a 7/8 end wrench on a warm manifold. WARM mani makes it sooo much easier to pull. I saw a bunch of "what can i do, how do i, what does it cost" questions. Well its a worldo f difference. And i think she runs smoother as well. Now if i can get that oil to stay in the crankcase.........Jeep on everyone...... jeep on.
