i have to pass the smog for my 96 honda civic ex?

Question

well my car passes everything exept for the engine light self test
apperently it has the wrong engine do you guys know of a way to pass it with out changing the engine?
or do you know were is a great place were i can get the right engine for cheap?
also would you guys know wat is the right engine that i need to get?

Answer 1

Have you taken it to a Honda dealer to have the computer reset?
Smog test has to do with emissions from the engine. That it to a tune up shop and have a good tune up the day before you go have the smog test ran on it. They can also check the emissions while they are tuning it up.

Answer 2

No they wont paintings. the dx has a non-vtec engine which has the cat equipped into the manifold while the ex is vtec and the cat is lower than the vehicle (basically rearward of the engine). regardless of in case you switched manifolds to target to attempt this the oxygen sensors gained't attain the plugs on the wiring harness as they are in completely diverse elements. The wiring is the important reason this gained't paintings. in case you'll discover an ex harness from a ninety six-ninety 8 civic (they are quite uncommon and about $2 hundred-$250 used) you need to basically go away the vtec solenoid plugs unconnected (considering there is not any vtec solenoid on your engine) and that would want to placed the wiring the position it needs to be for the cat. Doing this nonetheless would reason a controversy because the the intake manifold/throttle body wiring would no longer attain because the intake manifolds are thoroughly diverse. in case you opt for to attempt this, make certain no longer to get a ninety 9-00 civic ex harness as they are OBD2b and your vehicle is an OBD2a engine which means they wont plug as a lot because the european an similar. I also really doubt it would bypass smog in case you need to even get it to paintings.