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Catalytic Converter Replacement

Tomorrow's Technician

New York is the first state to mandate that a vehicle with California emissions and converters must always be replaced with a CARB-certified converter, even if it is never going back to California. There have been long-standing policy debates in Maine, Washington and other states on emissions testing and standards.

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Diesel Emissions of Passenger Cars

Hollenshades Auto Service

Presently, the main driving standard for emissions output by vehicle powertrains are the US EPA Tier 2 and California LEV-II ULEV regulations. In 1999, the US EPA announced new Tier 2 NOx limits of 0.07gm per mile to replace the existing Tier 1 limits of 1.0gm per mile that were phased in from 2004 to 2009.

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