Failed Inspection WTF?

[aub02GTconv]

fixed my vaccum leak, CEL gone, runs great now.....took it for inspection
My Emmisions passed, everything else passed... but failed me for visible smoke??????????? WTF... what do I do now? where do I start...
He can't even distinguish the color of the smoke....wtf

 

[wmburns]

How many miles did you drive after the repair? Was there coolant in the combustion chamber? I could see a case where coolant contamination in the exhaust would cause smoke. It would take a few miles to burn it off.

 

[aub02GTconv]

I drove at least 50 miles between yesterday and today, and sitting in line for 1hr at the inspection station......

 

[nancygrl]

IDK??? Sucks, I know....Was it 1st thing in the morning? I know mine smokes a little 1st thing in the morning from the cooler temps and condensation. Hope it won't be to difficult for ya. I'm soooo glad I don't live in Jersey anymore.

 

[aub02GTconv]

it was around 9:30 and i idled for almost an hour sitting in line.... this sucks majorly......all this crap i went through to fix my CEL, and now its fixed, and i get this crap... I hate NJ

 

[Betrayer00GT]

Wow man, I thought California was bad. Sorry to hear.

 

[nyuk98gt]

aub02GTconv:

Do you have the option of a sniffer so they can measure hydrocarbons coming out the pipes? That's the correct way (imho) to determine whether the "smoke" is a problem.

Politicians wonder why people flee from their State but they can't see that is the legislation that they have pushed through that is the root cause of the exodus. Sad. [/rant]

***edit: I did a quick search of the NJ emissions testing site and could only find an opacity limit for diesel engines, nothing for gasoline engined vehicles. I would go back and have a polite chat with the inspector and ask what criteria is used to define "excessive smoke".
***end of edit <<<

HTH,

Chris