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After not getting a link on my code reader I took it to a shop to fix the
connection. they called and said whomever put in the turbo also installed
and OBD1 ecu which was why I couldnt talk to it. My question is will this
pass inspection in texas or do they require the original ecu? Can I put in
an OBD2 or will it start throwing CEL codes?

RM wrote:
> After not getting a link on my code reader I took it to a shop to fix the
> connection. they called and said whomever put in the turbo also installed
> and OBD1 ecu which was why I couldnt talk to it. My question is will this
> pass inspection in texas or do they require the original ecu? Can I put in
> an OBD2 or will it start throwing CEL codes?

first things first: talk with the person that did the work. you're a
paying customer.

"RM" <rm@blah.blah> wrote in
news:hxW7f.84618$Qu4.23608@fe07.news.easynews.com:

> After not getting a link on my code reader I took it to a shop to fix
> the connection. they called and said whomever put in the turbo also
> installed and OBD1 ecu which was why I couldnt talk to it. My question
> is will this pass inspection in texas or do they require the original
> ecu? Can I put in an OBD2 or will it start throwing CEL codes?
>
>



It is illegal in the US to alter or remove the car's emissions system. It
is also illegal to retrofit a later car with an earlier emissions system.
You may have bought a white elephant there.

Will you fail inspection? It appears to depend on where you live.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/vi/insp.../item_insp.asp


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"jim beam" <nospam@example.net> wrote in message
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> RM wrote:
> > After not getting a link on my code reader I took it to a shop to fix
the
> > connection. they called and said whomever put in the turbo also
installed
> > and OBD1 ecu which was why I couldnt talk to it. My question is will
this
> > pass inspection in texas or do they require the original ecu? Can I put
in
> > an OBD2 or will it start throwing CEL codes?
>
> first things first: talk with the person that did the work. you're a
> paying customer.
>
Used car from an individual, was that way when I bought it.

RM wrote:
> "jim beam" <nospam@example.net> wrote in message
> news:2eOdnX1hhvPRqv3eRVn-ug@speakeasy.net...
>
>>RM wrote:
>>
>>>After not getting a link on my code reader I took it to a shop to fix
>
> the
>
>>>connection. they called and said whomever put in the turbo also
>
> installed
>
>>>and OBD1 ecu which was why I couldnt talk to it. My question is will
>
> this
>
>>>pass inspection in texas or do they require the original ecu? Can I put
>
> in
>
>>>an OBD2 or will it start throwing CEL codes?
>>
>>first things first: talk with the person that did the work. you're a
>>paying customer.
>>
>
> Used car from an individual, was that way when I bought it.
>
>
well, it looks like you have a job on your hands. afaik, the turbo will
run [and smog] with obdcII, so you're going to have to put that thing
back in there to pass the test. the "reason" most people don't run
obdcII is the speed limitation it has built in. [not that you can
legally get anywhere near it.] there's a ton of "2ner" sites out there
that'll outline the task if you want to do it yourself. or just find
someone that can do it for you.

> >
> well, it looks like you have a job on your hands. afaik, the turbo will
> run [and smog] with obdcII, so you're going to have to put that thing
> back in there to pass the test. the "reason" most people don't run
> obdcII is the speed limitation it has built in. [not that you can
> legally get anywhere near it.] there's a ton of "2ner" sites out there
> that'll outline the task if you want to do it yourself. or just find
> someone that can do it for you.
>

i am bidding on some computers on ebay now so I guess I will try to replace
it and see what happens. i am very mechanically inclined, I just have never
dealt with forced aspiration. I am a "more cubic inches" kinda guy.