# need inspection help badly... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [November 5, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472 "2007-11-05T07:07:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/21 "2007-11-05T21:06:38Z")
> [@Old video games you want to play.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-video-games-you-want-to-play/33329/4): > > what kind of spacer are you using? > > Im guessing no stock setup to turn back to eh? nope, i sold the stock header… ---
**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/22 "2007-11-06T19:10:46Z")
if your still stuck pm me, i have a guy that will legally pass you with that light on ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/23 "2007-11-06T19:48:26Z")
care to explain what these “spacers” are and what they do? ---
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/24 "2007-11-06T20:49:58Z")
they are a longer spark plug anti-fouler. it is screwed in the 2nd o2 bung so it extends how far out the sensor is. it lets the sensor get a cleaner reeading because of the missing cat-convertor…it worked fine on my 04, just not my 06… ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/25 "2007-11-06T22:10:31Z")
> [@garage sale items](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/garage-sale-items/32746/24): > > they are a longer spark plug anti-fouler. it is screwed in the 2nd o2 bung so it extends how far out the sensor is. it lets the sensor get a cleaner reading because of the missing cat-converter…it worked fine on my 04, just not my 06… I was wondering if thats what you were referring too, ive had one on my catless downpipe for almost 2 years and its been fine. I would find a stock setup to swap back on, sadly its what I have to do, my dad threw my stock DP away bc he thought it was from an older car :doh: ---
**Author:** ![Evolved](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Evolved](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Evolved)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/26 "2007-11-07T05:32:06Z")
Put a CEL Fix on the downstream plug with an HFC. The code you are getting seems to mean you are running lean. Clear the code, richen up the mixture. This coupled with the CEL fix on the second O2 sensor might be the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/27 "2007-11-07T06:27:42Z")
Did you ever monitor the o2 sensor? If you plug a scan tool in, you can watch the swing from rich to lean. I would bet that its either hanging on one end or the other and setting the code. If the sensor is new, id believe that there is something else causing the problem. ---
**Author:** ![FormulaVette](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/formulavette/32/3357_2.png) [@FormulaVette](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FormulaVette)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/28 "2007-11-07T13:42:01Z")
You could have it programmed out of the computer (if your car allows that). Is it a heated o2 sensor? If you spent over $500 trying to get it fixed then it is allowed to pass. ---
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/29 "2007-11-08T09:58:41Z")
just got back from wright didge in wexford, i passed…i had to add another spacer to my 2nd o2 sensor(total of 3), and cleaned my maf with crc. drove 110 miles, no cel. when i asked to see if i had a code, and they said no, i got it inspected right away. i wasn’t taking a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/30 "2007-11-08T11:25:29Z")
wait I thought your problem was the first O2 sensor? which BTW you should not have any spacers for, it’s used strictly for closed loop fueling ---
**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/31 "2007-11-08T14:36:12Z")
wow, 3 spacers… thats f’d up ---
**Author:** ![Evolved](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Evolved](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Evolved)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/32 "2007-11-08T15:18:05Z")
> [@Dirt cheap C5 rims FS](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dirt-cheap-c5-rims-fs/33339/6): > > wow, 3 spacers… thats f’d up I wonder what the AF/R is? ---
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/33 "2007-11-08T20:31:17Z")
> [@Old video games you want to play.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/old-video-games-you-want-to-play/33329/77): > > wait I thought your problem was the first O2 sensor? > > which BTW you should not have any spacers for, it’s used strictly for closed loop fueling it was the problem. i have all the spacers on my 2nd o2 sensor, and it went away. from i what i read, it lets the a/f sensor read a cleaner signal from the 2nd o2 sensor. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/34 "2007-11-09T10:45:14Z")
Its odd though b/c usually the 2nd o2 will give you a catalyst inefficiency code and not an upstream o2 failure. ---
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/35 "2007-11-10T05:45:56Z")
idk…it worked ---
**Author:** ![slvr98camaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@slvr98camaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slvr98camaro)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472/36 "2007-11-11T18:28:53Z")
> [@Excessive maintenance?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excessive-maintenance/33167/11): > > Take out the light bulb? that wouldnt work, when doing emissions today, the car tells the inspector if it will pass or not, having the CEL light on means instant fail [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-inspection-help-badly/193472.md?page=1)