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Old 03-21-2012, 07:11 AM
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Default 97 Ranger, emissions readiness problem

Hey guys, i have a 97 ranger with 169k miles on it i bought a couple weeks ago..i live in GA and they require emissions in the county where i am...i took it in and it failed for readiness, almost all the monitors were "not ready"..the guy i bought it from told me he put a brand new batt in a couple days before i got it so i drove it around a week or and brought it back for emissions, everything was ready!

So they did the test, failed again, everything went right back to not ready...so again i drove it around, another 100 miles or so, everything back to ready...heres the problem, when we do the test, he plugs up the odbii plug, reads it, everything is ready, shut the engine off, gotta wait 20 sec, start back up it all goes back to not ready...what could be restting these monitors just by on/off at the ignition switch? is it a bad ign switch, odbii connector, some kind of fuse or relay or bad computer in the truck? really need help guys, i dunno what to look for.. down to my last days to get this truck to pass or i wont be able to drive it/register it...thx! great forum here.
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Old 03-21-2012, 07:16 AM
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Default Re: 97 Ranger, emissions readiness problem

That's an interesting one, but my truck does the same thing. So I don't know what to tell you on it. I also don't have to pass emissions...so WIN for me! What engine do you have? I would say try the new battery if you can, I don't know why it would make a difference, but if it worked for the last guy, it should for you. Also, I might take it to a different emissions check station.
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Old 03-21-2012, 07:20 AM
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Default Re: 97 Ranger, emissions readiness problem

Yes its going to a different emissions place next time...thank you for the advice, im not sure what changing the brand new batt would do though, i never have starting problems or anything like that, my stereo system holds its settings everyday so hmmm...

I have the 2.3L 4 cylinder engine 2WD with manual trans.
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Old 03-21-2012, 07:22 AM
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Default Re: 97 Ranger, emissions readiness problem

Cars are weird, sometimes it can be something like a battery, and there is no explanation...I don't get it either. But to me it sounds more like the emissions people, these trucks all reset when you turn the key off. But it shouldn't be like that. There may be a problem with the truck, but I highly doubt it.
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Old 03-21-2012, 07:27 AM
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Default Re: 97 Ranger, emissions readiness problem

Yeah i asked the guy the 2nd time if we could test it in its ready state when i drove it in, without shutting the truck off and he told me that the test would never start up if we did it like this...the way he explained it, its kind of like a failsafe so the test cant be "cheated"...very frustrating.
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Old 03-21-2012, 07:39 AM
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Default Re: 97 Ranger, emissions readiness problem

That sounds about right, and stupid! If the truck is running just fine, and you've obviously come in again, I don't think you are faking it.
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Old 03-22-2012, 10:21 AM
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Default Re: 97 Ranger, emissions readiness problem

So i noticed today that my truck will start and run without the key! i wonder if this has anything to do with the ign on/off resetting the readiness codes, either way i ordered a new cylinder from autozone and will put it in tonight...

Anybody else got any insight?
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