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<table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="99%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#000000"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr bgcolor="#000099"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="2" color="#ffffff" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>T O P I C R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Wildfire532FB</b> <br /><small>Member # 1482</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,12,16,0,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Anyone actually fail smog with their 5.0L because of the smog pump not working? <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Adam5.0</b> <br /><small>Member # 6995</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,12,18,48,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> The only way I've seen a smog pump go bad is that the bearing lock up. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Wildfire532FB</b> <br /><small>Member # 1482</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,12,20,38,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Adam5.0:<br /><strong> The only way I've seen a smog pump go bad is that the bearing lock up. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Mine is squeaking and its driving me nuts, i think i have another one laying around. i took the other one off cause it felt like it wasn't doing anything but now i don't care if it works or not i doubt it really effects smog.<br /> <br /> <small>[ 2014-11-12, 08:47 PM: Message edited by: Wildfire532FB ]</small> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>hurting your feelings</b> <br /><small>Member # 13641</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,12,20,48,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Wildfire532FB:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Adam5.0:<br /><strong> The only way I've seen a smog pump go bad is that the bearing lock up. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Mine is squeaking and its driving me nuts, i think i have another one laying around. i took it off cause it felt like it wasn't doing anything but now i don't care if it works or not i doubt it really effects smog. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">But does help with smog it pump extra oxygen in to cat to help burn the fuel on start ups when emissions are at highest. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Wildfire532FB</b> <br /><small>Member # 1482</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,12,20,52,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by hurting your feelings:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Wildfire532FB:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Adam5.0:<br /><strong> The only way I've seen a smog pump go bad is that the bearing lock up. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Mine is squeaking and its driving me nuts, i think i have another one laying around. i took it off cause it felt like it wasn't doing anything but now i don't care if it works or not i doubt it really effects smog. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">But does help with smog it pump extra oxygen in to cat to help burn the fuel on start ups when emissions are at highest. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">i thought it tied into the exhaust after the cats though. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>hurting your feelings</b> <br /><small>Member # 13641</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,12,20,53,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Wildfire532FB:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by hurting your feelings:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Wildfire532FB:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Adam5.0:<br /><strong> The only way I've seen a smog pump go bad is that the bearing lock up. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Mine is squeaking and its driving me nuts, i think i have another one laying around. i took it off cause it felt like it wasn't doing anything but now i don't care if it works or not i doubt it really effects smog. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">But does help with smog it pump extra oxygen in to cat to help burn the fuel on start ups when emissions are at highest. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">i thought it tied into the exhaust after the cats though. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Nope on a mustang you have two pre cats then the down stream for the air pump then two more cats. An it will always before the cats.<br /> <br /> <small>[ 2014-11-12, 08:55 PM: Message edited by: hurting your feelings ]</small> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Wildfire532FB</b> <br /><small>Member # 1482</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,12,20,56,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by hurting your feelings:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Wildfire532FB:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by hurting your feelings:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Wildfire532FB:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Adam5.0:<br /><strong> The only way I've seen a smog pump go bad is that the bearing lock up. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Mine is squeaking and its driving me nuts, i think i have another one laying around. i took it off cause it felt like it wasn't doing anything but now i don't care if it works or not i doubt it really effects smog. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">But does help with smog it pump extra oxygen in to cat to help burn the fuel on start ups when emissions are at highest. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">i thought it tied into the exhaust after the cats though. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Nope on a mustang you have two pre cats then the down stream for the air pump then two more cats. An it will always before the cats. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">OK i think mine is like that in my Jeep, i was thinking you meant before the first cats. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Wildfire532FB</b> <br /><small>Member # 1482</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,12,20,57,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> My smog pump started squeaking after i pressure washed the engine, after i went mudding with a buddy. i didn't hear it squeaking with the mud all over it. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>J_Slow</b> <br /><small>Member # 13823</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,13,9,21,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> I passed without a smog pump 306 hci setup and just bbk two high flow cats...obviously would not pass visual but it passes the sniffer <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>NEIGHT</b> <br /><small>Member # 8741</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,13,10,4,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by J_Slow:<br /><strong> I passed without a smog pump 306 hci setup and just bbk two high flow cats...obviously would not pass visual but it passes the sniffer </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Really? I failed my smog 3 years ago because I forgot to hook up the smog pump to the h-pipe which would be the same thing as the smog pump not there and my car was 100% stock. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Wildfire532FB</b> <br /><small>Member # 1482</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,13,21,31,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by NEIGHT:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by J_Slow:<br /><strong> I passed without a smog pump 306 hci setup and just bbk two high flow cats...obviously would not pass visual but it passes the sniffer </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Really? I failed my smog 3 years ago because I forgot to hook up the smog pump to the h-pipe which would be the same thing as the smog pump not there and my car was 100% stock. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Maybe they looked under your car and saw it not connected so it failed the visual? <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>hurting your feelings</b> <br /><small>Member # 13641</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,13,21,35,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by NEIGHT:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by J_Slow:<br /><strong> I passed without a smog pump 306 hci setup and just bbk two high flow cats...obviously would not pass visual but it passes the sniffer </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Really? I failed my smog 3 years ago because I forgot to hook up the smog pump to the h-pipe which would be the same thing as the smog pump not there and my car was 100% stock. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">He is full of shit an it didn't happen. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>NEIGHT</b> <br /><small>Member # 8741</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,14,8,55,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Wildfire532FB:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by NEIGHT:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by J_Slow:<br /><strong> I passed without a smog pump 306 hci setup and just bbk two high flow cats...obviously would not pass visual but it passes the sniffer </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Really? I failed my smog 3 years ago because I forgot to hook up the smog pump to the h-pipe which would be the same thing as the smog pump not there and my car was 100% stock. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Maybe they looked under your car and saw it not connected so it failed the visual? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Didn't fail visual, my readings were like almost 2x too high. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Tom Renzo</b> <br /><small>Member # 13165</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,16,7,25,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> No air pump no pass!!!! <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Wildfire532FB</b> <br /><small>Member # 1482</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,17,6,40,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> My question was what if its there and not working? Its not connected to the Check Engine light so how do you know if its actually working. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#f7f7f7"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>hurting your feelings</b> <br /><small>Member # 13641</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,17,9,0,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Wildfire532FB:<br /><strong> My question was what if its there and not working? Its not connected to the Check Engine light so how do you know if its actually working. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Emissions would be through the roof. <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dedfdf"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> <b>Wildfire532FB</b> <br /><small>Member # 1482</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial"> <img src="https://californiafords.com/ubb/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.writeln(timestamp(new Date(2014,10,17,18,57,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><hr /> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by hurting your feelings:<br /><strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Wildfire532FB:<br /><strong> My question was what if its there and not working? Its not connected to the Check Engine light so how do you know if its actually working. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Emissions would be through the roof. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">OK thank you. <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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