turbocharged798
Veteran Member
So I am posting this to see if anybody else has ran into this problem. I did a gasser to ALH TDI swap on a 1999.5 Jetta shell. Was originally 2.slo manual. Didn't really think about the emission side of things until I went to try and get it inspected and do the OBD emission check. Here's the rundown of what I have done so far.
1. Brought car to shop with it saying Gas on both title and registration. Shop plugs in car and says it fails because "information in the ECU was not as expected."
2. Went back to DMV and had them change the reg from gas to diesel.
3. Went back to inspection station and fails again. Inspector noticed it still says gas in the system.
4. Called NY DMV and they said the it was still gas in the NY VIP2 system. They fixed it and told me to run it though again.
5. I run it through again and even though it now says diesel 1.9L, it still gives the error of information not as expected.
So now I am at a loss on to do. I plan on calling DMV back monday. I am thinking the problem is that they still have the gasser emission profile stored in the system even though it now says diesel as fuel type. Also, the inspection station I am dealing with is run by an older guy who has very little computer knowledge. I was trying to convince him to just fail it but he doesn't want to do that. All moniters are OK and there are no codes stored in the ECU.
Am I the only one who has run into this nightmare? Feel like I now have a very expensive paperweight for a car.
1. Brought car to shop with it saying Gas on both title and registration. Shop plugs in car and says it fails because "information in the ECU was not as expected."
2. Went back to DMV and had them change the reg from gas to diesel.
3. Went back to inspection station and fails again. Inspector noticed it still says gas in the system.
4. Called NY DMV and they said the it was still gas in the NY VIP2 system. They fixed it and told me to run it though again.
5. I run it through again and even though it now says diesel 1.9L, it still gives the error of information not as expected.
So now I am at a loss on to do. I plan on calling DMV back monday. I am thinking the problem is that they still have the gasser emission profile stored in the system even though it now says diesel as fuel type. Also, the inspection station I am dealing with is run by an older guy who has very little computer knowledge. I was trying to convince him to just fail it but he doesn't want to do that. All moniters are OK and there are no codes stored in the ECU.
Am I the only one who has run into this nightmare? Feel like I now have a very expensive paperweight for a car.