Phoenix Emissions Question Answered
 

I passed emissions without my cat. They didn't smell a thing...


I recently moved to the Surprise/Phoenix area and I need to pass an emission test to register my car. I wanted to know if anyone has experience with the Westgate testing center and a catless car. I have the cat in my garage and I will most likely just put it back on before I go. However, I've been reading they just do an OBD2 test and I have Versatuner, so no CELs. I've read about people passing w/o cats, but my question is, don't they notice the smell? My car stinks and I feel like they wouldn't need to plug in anything to know I'm catless.

Anyone in my area have any insight?

Not sure of that station specifically, but all my recent tests on OBD2 cars in the Valley were non-sniffer. You may get a do-gooder who does otherwise, but its never happened to me, and I have quite few (too many) cars in the Family Fleet.