Check engine light and emissions testing

[ray1970]

I will try and avoid cluttering your thread with profanity but the whole "emissions test" thing here in Colorado is such a useless scam it isn't even funny.

In a nutshell, my truck was failed by some retard with a GED and a single digit IQ because my gas cap was "no good". Huh, so I didn't have any evap system codes (every vehicle sold in the United States since 1996 is required to monitor the fuel system integrity and will throw a code if my gas cap seal wasn't good) yet somehow this genius and his high tech vacuum pump machine say it's no bueno and fail me because I need a new cap.

Long story short, I have better things to do with my time so I replaced the damn cap and went back and they tested the new cap and passed me.

Two days later I now have a "gas cap loose" light on because the piece of shit aftermarket cap is junk. Being a little pissed off that day, I wasn't thinking clearly and tossed the original cap.

Looking forward to next time when they'll probably pass me even with the warning indicator that tells me my gas cap leaks being on because they'll likely test the cap and say it's good.

At least my vehicle is new enough that that they don't actually test my emissions when they do my emissions test. (Makes sense. They'll trust the on board diagnostics to monitor everything but won't trust it to monitor the freaking gas cap.) I hated having to watch some high school dropout with almost a year and a half of driving experience trying to run a vehicle on a dyno.