I have a 1999 Accord and has about 162K miles on it. The check engine light came on sometime back but have been driving it for few months since I don't have a job and money to fix it and was hoping to get some assistance from California program for cars which fail smog test. However that program is on hold now for a few months and California is not providing any assistance.
Last week with some help I was able to identify the Check engine light code as P0420 and reset it. After driving for few miles I checked with OBDII reader and found that monitoring test for Catalyst, Evaporative System, O2 Sensor and EGR have not been completed.
I continued to drive for a week in various driving conditions and I checked today, only Catalyst monitor is not completed. Remaining seven monitors are all completed.
I have not taken my car to the SMOG check station yet. Do you think it will pass the test with all monitors ready except Catalyst? If not how many more miles do I need to drive for the Catalyst monitor to be set to ready. I fear as soon as Catalyst monitor is ready it will also set the P0420 code. Any pointers?
Last week with some help I was able to identify the Check engine light code as P0420 and reset it. After driving for few miles I checked with OBDII reader and found that monitoring test for Catalyst, Evaporative System, O2 Sensor and EGR have not been completed.
I continued to drive for a week in various driving conditions and I checked today, only Catalyst monitor is not completed. Remaining seven monitors are all completed.
I have not taken my car to the SMOG check station yet. Do you think it will pass the test with all monitors ready except Catalyst? If not how many more miles do I need to drive for the Catalyst monitor to be set to ready. I fear as soon as Catalyst monitor is ready it will also set the P0420 code. Any pointers?