Catalytic converter delete on CRD

[TPC]

I'll just add to my comment about being pulled over by the RTA and the use of their heat gun. They use the gun to detect if the cat has been gutted or not. A gutted cat will show less difference in surface heat compared to a, not gutted, cat. So its easier for them to spot.

Good thing they cannot check if the EGR has been blocked.

[Hodge]

Good thing they cannot check if the EGR has been blocked.

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[TPC]

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Are you saying they can check?

[mudski]

Are you saying they can check?

If they know what they are looking for, and the plate is thicker than a steel gasket would be, then yeah I reckon they can. They wouldn't need to prove it there and then, they would just simply report it down with anything else they find. Same goes with a suspension lift. A mate of mine got done by a Mansfield copper in Alexandra and they just noted down the lift is too high. Not by how much.

[Hodge]

Are you saying they can check?

Yeah mate , they can check. Here the cops set up nets where they railroad cars through a car park. Usually a large library car park or a garden car park. They have everything there. Bretho tests, drug tests, Sheriff, highway patrol, EPA etc... They pull out a fact sheet on their computer for your vehicle and go over it with a fine comb. They sit there all day, and the next day there is at least 30-40 cars cannaried or clamped down for various things.
I went through about a year and a half ago... And they were too busy shafting me for the decibels for my straight through exhaust to look any further.
My mate recently went through with his Forester diesel which has the DPF filter burn off thing on it... And they spent a bit of time making sure he didn't delete it, as like the EGR, people commonly get rid of it as it's just shit.
Usual cops and highway patrol would be none the wiser, but when EPA is there they know what's going on.

[my third 256]

big thing inS.A. at the moment is the blanking plate for the egr
checking all 4x4 and big fines and defecting them
mate came back from W.A and was checked 3 times on his trip back last week

[mudski]

big thing inS.A. at the moment is the blanking plate for the egr
checking all 4x4 and big fines and defecting them
mate came back from W.A and was checked 3 times on his trip back last week

Do you know how they were checking? By looking, spending the time to remove the egr pipe or using some sort of magical wand? I suppose, some plates I have seen are over 2mm thick. Dead giveaway that is.

[TPC]

big thing inS.A. at the moment is the blanking plate for the egr
checking all 4x4 and big fines and defecting them
mate came back from W.A and was checked 3 times on his trip back last week

I think they would have a hard time checking for the blanking plate as it is very thin and not easy to see and I would not allow them to remove the EGR pipe.

[Rock Trol]

Yeah mate , they can check. Here the cops set up nets where they railroad cars through a car park. Usually a large library car park or a garden car park. They have everything there. Bretho tests, drug tests, Sheriff, highway patrol, EPA etc... They pull out a fact sheet on their computer for your vehicle and go over it with a fine comb. They sit there all day, and the next day there is at least 30-40 cars cannaried or clamped down for various things.
I went through about a year and a half ago... And they were too busy shafting me for the decibels for my straight through exhaust to look any further.
My mate recently went through with his Forester diesel which has the DPF filter burn off thing on it... And they spent a bit of time making sure he didn't delete it, as like the EGR, people commonly get rid of it as it's just shit.
Usual cops and highway patrol would be none the wiser, but when EPA is there they know what's going on.

Which state/area are you located Hodge?
Does anyone know if the EPA has started to do roadside tests since dieselgate or have they been doing this before VW got caught?

[Hodge]

Which state/area are you located Hodge?
Does anyone know if the EPA has started to do roadside tests since dieselgate or have they been doing this before VW got caught?

Victoria mate, Melbourne. Northern suburbs, there are two common spots where they set this up. At least once a month.