Hello i am moving to Denver this sept, luckly my tags will be good untill Aug of 2012, but after that im worried about passing emissons with my TDI.. anyone from denver and had any problems? im lucky and KS has no emissions at all
Honestly the "clean air" folks don't go into very much specifics for Diesels.Hello i am moving to Denver this sept, luckly my tags will be good untill Aug of 2012, but after that im worried about passing emissons with my TDI.. anyone from denver and had any problems? im lucky and KS has no emissions at all
From the use of "opacity" sounds like they are just gunning it and seeing what color the smoke is out the back.http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/ap/mobile.html#Diesel Emissions Control Program said:Small fleets and privately-owned diesel vehicles take part in the Diesel Opacity Inspection Program. This program is for all light-duty diesel vehicles as well as heavy-duty diesel vehicles not subject to the large fleet self-certification program. The Diesel Opacity Inspection Program requires that eligible vehicles be inspected on an annual basis by private, state-licensed diesel inspection stations. New light-duty diesel vehicles are exempt from testing for four years. The program applies only to the Automobile Inspection and Readjustment Program area and utilizes a loaded mode dynamometer-based test.
In a bone stock '03 Jetta TDI that wasn't smoking visibly at all, I failed TWICE! (At fifty bucks a pop.) Opacity testing here is a complete joke. After my second failure, a guy with a similar car passed the test, smoking like a freight train. It's a racket. There is, however, a solution. PM sent.Denver tests ONLY for opacity. There is no inspection. Unless your engine smokes like a steam engine then you will have no trouble passing. Diesels Only on Alameda is the cheapest and the least likely to fail somebody for modifications.
I think that is getting harder to do. I don't remember the exact details, but I think the address on your driver's license, registration, and other DMV records have to match. Too many people were playing that game.Register the car on the Western slope!
Won't work. Diesel emissions are state-wide. opacity limit is 35%. They put it on a dyno and gun the crap out of it (sometimes literally). Anderson Foreign Auto on West Colfax has been good working with me.I think that is getting harder to do. I don't remember the exact details, but I think the address on your driver's license, registration, and other DMV records have to match. Too many people were playing that game.
I live in Adams and I think the DMV is just used to registering gas vehicles. My first copy said Gas and I had it changed to diesel. Gas cost slightly more to register here and I have a feeling it may cause trouble with Air Car Colorado later on down the road that will be a bigger headache. But judging the number of smoking diesels I have come across around here the testing requirements must only be for certain areas of Colorado as you said.I do not believe the testing is statewide. I live in Teller County and we are exempt (for now). According to the Colorado Department of Revenue, "The full counties of Boulder, Jefferson, Broomfield, Denver, and Douglas, and the partial counties of Adams and Arapahoe, Larimer, Weld, and El Paso" have required emission testing.
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Revenue-MV/RMV/1186648384011
Now, I will say this. I've purchased a Golf TDI from the Denver area and a Ford F250 from south of Parker, and both titles indicated they were "gas" engines. I suspect the previous owner(s) somehow had the title changed so they could bypass emission testing. I don't know how, but I found it suspicious nonetheless.
Pretty good find there. Thanks for the link. The testing schedule for gas vs diesel is about the same for new vehicles - exempt for 4 then every 2. The only thing is that diesels are not tested via the mobile stations parked along the freeway entrance ramps so there is no chance to pass there and skip a test.I do not believe the testing is statewide. I live in Teller County and we are exempt (for now). According to the Colorado Department of Revenue, "The full counties of Boulder, Jefferson, Broomfield, Denver, and Douglas, and the partial counties of Adams and Arapahoe, Larimer, Weld, and El Paso" have required emission testing.
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Revenue-MV/RMV/1186648384011
Now, I will say this. I've purchased a Golf TDI from the Denver area and a Ford F250 from south of Parker, and both titles indicated they were "gas" engines. I suspect the previous owner(s) somehow had the title changed so they could bypass emission testing. I don't know how, but I found it suspicious nonetheless.
Actually it's 90 days now in 2014 in case anyone is using this as a reference.Update: According to the Air Care site you have 15 days in which to register the vehicle and get the emissions test done. See http://aircarecolorado.com/consumer-information/new-residents/
Just went there. $60 for inspection and $10 for VIN verification.Denver tests ONLY for opacity. There is no inspection. Unless your engine smokes like a steam engine then you will have no trouble passing. Diesels Only on Alameda is the cheapest and the least likely to fail somebody for modifications.