Illinois emissions pass with primary cat delete?

zcp312 · 10-22-2021, 04:24 PM

Had the car for a year and have my first emissions coming up by January, wondering if I'll pass. I have a test pipe (primary cat delete) and exhaust. Also have Alex's Alpine stage 2 tune, so no check engine light on or anything due to his software clearing those. Anyone have this type of setup that can let me know if I'll pass emissions?

zcp312 · 11-11-2021, 02:51 PM

bump

randrews15 · 11-11-2021, 05:27 PM

You could move south to a state that doesn't have nanny state restrictions. Just saying…

zcp312 · 11-12-2021, 12:53 PM

although I 100% agree, this doesn't help me

ghostofsenna · 11-12-2021, 01:23 PM

I didn't know we were required to have emissions tests. Can you elaborate?

pjk380 · 11-12-2021, 01:34 PM

Does Illinois check the readiness monitors? If they do, O2 readiness will not set without primary cats. If you are allowed to have one monitor not set in order to pass you should be good. Here in CA i think you can pass with one monitor not set but it cant be the O2. If your state doesnt check for Readiness, and only checks for faults/CEL, and doesnt look under the car you should probably be good.

zcp312 · 11-12-2021, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ghostofsenna

I didn't know we were required to have emissions tests. Can you elaborate?

yea every two years, here is some info.

https://www2.illinois.gov/epa/topics...s-testing.aspx

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Originally Posted by pjk380

Does Illinois check the readiness monitors? If they do, O2 readiness will not set without primary cats. If you are allowed to have one monitor not set in order to pass you should be good. Here in CA i think you can pass with one monitor not set but it cant be the O2. If your state doesnt check for Readiness, and only checks for faults/CEL, and doesnt look under the car you should probably be good.

not sure, I'll try to research that. thanks for the info, this is all I found so far

https://www2.illinois.gov/epa/topics...rk%20FINAL.pdf

z3papa · 11-24-2021, 10:33 AM

To be clear, this only applies to Chicago and Metro East and not the entire state.

Spazdoc · 06-15-2022, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by zcp312

Had the car for a year and have my first emissions coming up by January, wondering if I'll pass. I have a test pipe (primary cat delete) and exhaust. Also have Alex's Alpine stage 2 tune, so no check engine light on or anything due to his software clearing those. Anyone have this type of setup that can let me know if I'll pass emissions?

What did you end up doing?

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zcp312 ///M 116 Rep 269 Posts Drives: 2011 E90 M3 Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Illinois iTrader: (0)	Had the car for a year and have my first emissions coming up by January, wondering if I'll pass. I have a test pipe (primary cat delete) and exhaust. Also have Alex's Alpine stage 2 tune, so no check engine light on or anything due to his software clearing those. Anyone have this type of setup that can let me know if I'll pass emissions?
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ghostofsenna First Lieutenant 143 Rep 381 Posts Drives: E90 M3, E93 M3, E70 X5 Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Chicago, IL iTrader: (2)	I didn't know we were required to have emissions tests. Can you elaborate? __________________ 2011.75 E90 M3 ZCP, 6sp, Interlagos Blue 2008 E93 M3, DCT, Melbourne Red 2012 E70 X5 35i Sold: E70 X5M, E46 M3 6sp cabriolet, E46 M3 SMG, E91 328xi
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pjk380 Private First Class 98 Rep 183 Posts Drives: 2010 E92 M3 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Yorba Linda, CA iTrader: (0)	Does Illinois check the readiness monitors? If they do, O2 readiness will not set without primary cats. If you are allowed to have one monitor not set in order to pass you should be good. Here in CA i think you can pass with one monitor not set but it cant be the O2. If your state doesnt check for Readiness, and only checks for faults/CEL, and doesnt look under the car you should probably be good.
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z3papa Captain 192 Rep 973 Posts Drives: 11 E92 M3 ZCP, 07 335i Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Bloomington IL iTrader: (2)	To be clear, this only applies to Chicago and Metro East and not the entire state. __________________ Sold 2011.5 E92 M3 ZCP.
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