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'97 5.0 passed CA smog with flying colors!

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City, State
San Diego, California
Year, Model & Trim Level
1997 Mountaineer AWD V8
I guess I'm just surprised that's all. 174k on the clock, I've done a full round of maintenance on it but it does have a minor exhaust leak which worried me. Thought it was the EGR tube but this truck doesn't have one on the the passenger side header? anyway i chanced it on a test and $75 later it passed with insanely clean numbers. fun fact: pre 2000 OBD-II cars (gross polluters) in california require a sniffer and running dyno test but since the truck was awd they just did the test in park.

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