It's hard to imagine a good running, stock van failing the smog test. Mostly, they look for required equipment, plug into the OBD-II port and look for fault codes and tuner chips. And they are supposed to rev the engine and look for black smoke.
Mike
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Actually, I think that MOSTLY, they're looking for MONEY...
Bill
The state only gets the $7 certificate fee. The rest goes to the shop that does the smog check. The state wants to get the gross polluters off the road. Anybody who does tuning will know someone that can get it passed.
Mike
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2015 VW GTI 2020 Fiat 124 Spider
2012 E250 Hitop camper
The main reason this is happening is because California is in serious financial trouble. They are trying to get any and all revenue they possibly can. It may only be $7 per vehicle but multiply that by how many diesel's that will need smog and that will help. At this point any amount will help.
I came from a state with no emissions to Arizona, and it was stressful but a lot easier then where I live now. Both AZ and CO test diesels a lot more stringently than CA from what I hear. You should be fine.