I've got an 02 5.3 Z71 with way too many miles to count. I purchased it in Florida about 7 years ago and it's been in California about 6.5
I went to get it smogged today but the place i normally take my cars too was having issues so i went to a place down the road. I ended up failing but not because of emissions.
The guy said that i was missing my emissions sticker from my original air box. When i purchased it i changed out the air intake to a K&N filter system, i did keep the sticker from the new filter and put it on the truck but apparently i have to have the original emissions sticker. The guy said that since i didn't have the sticker he looked up in 2 books he had the make and model and it said i needed an ERG Valve which i've never heard of. Told me to go to the chevy dealership which i did and order a new emission sticker which i did for 40 bucks. Said once i get that it will show if i need the ERG valve and if i do i'll need to install that before it passes smog. I've gotten the truck smogged here 3 times already and have never heard of this?! I ended up paying 48 for the smog today, 39 for the emissions sticker which i have to wait 2 weeks to get then i'll have to pay for a retest.
If he looked it up in his 2 books and it showed that the make and model i have needs the valve , is that ALL Chevy avalanches that have to have them or are ones from out of state ok and will show that it doesn't need it on the emissions sticker. I just figured that if they all needed it, it would already have the ERG valve.
I went to get it smogged today but the place i normally take my cars too was having issues so i went to a place down the road. I ended up failing but not because of emissions.
The guy said that i was missing my emissions sticker from my original air box. When i purchased it i changed out the air intake to a K&N filter system, i did keep the sticker from the new filter and put it on the truck but apparently i have to have the original emissions sticker. The guy said that since i didn't have the sticker he looked up in 2 books he had the make and model and it said i needed an ERG Valve which i've never heard of. Told me to go to the chevy dealership which i did and order a new emission sticker which i did for 40 bucks. Said once i get that it will show if i need the ERG valve and if i do i'll need to install that before it passes smog. I've gotten the truck smogged here 3 times already and have never heard of this?! I ended up paying 48 for the smog today, 39 for the emissions sticker which i have to wait 2 weeks to get then i'll have to pay for a retest.
If he looked it up in his 2 books and it showed that the make and model i have needs the valve , is that ALL Chevy avalanches that have to have them or are ones from out of state ok and will show that it doesn't need it on the emissions sticker. I just figured that if they all needed it, it would already have the ERG valve.