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Anxious_Aide_2091 t1_ixzu9gv wrote

Is the check engine light on? If it’s not, then it’s probably not throwing emission codes. If you want to investigate further you can buy a sub $20 OBD plug in from Amazon that hooks up to your phone and see if there are any codes present. I think autozone will check your codes for free too.

I agree the wording doesn’t make sense. It says 1996 and 20 years in the same breath

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ProlapsedMasshole t1_ixzywrb wrote

If it's not been driven then the readiness codes won't be set. It seems likely to me that the 20 year limit supercedes the 1996 OBDII age, but I'm sure an inspector will clarify since it's apparently "ask about inspections weekend" on here.

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Anxious_Aide_2091 t1_iy003q9 wrote

Yeah but I mean they will till him to go drive it miles before inspecting it anyways if it hasn’t cycled through yet.

Right? Must be a lot of December birthdays in here…

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g-wilks OP t1_iy7drcr wrote

I'm actually a June Birthday, but inspecting my Jeep as it's my 4WD transportation for the winter. Pretty late I know, I've been procrastinating finishing it for months. I just have some interior panels left to re-install, and grease some joints, then it should be good to go!

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g-wilks OP t1_iy7djrf wrote

Yeah, their wording is strange, it leaves a grey area gap in time. I actually have a cheap OBDII tester, but the battery has been disconnected multiple times as it sat for 5 years, but I'd still go out and start it every month, just to make sure everything still worked. I've since drained, flushed, and refilled the coolant, oil, and brake fluid. I don't have any codes coming up currently, but the computer hasn't had any mileage to test anything either, just driveway idle time.

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