Or. Admin. R. 340-256-0340 - Emission Control System Inspection: Light Duty Motor Vehicle and Heavy Duty Gasoline Motor Vehicle Emission Control Test Method for Basic Program
This rule documents the general requirements and test sequence for the basic light duty motor vehicle and heavy duty gasoline motor vehicle emission test method.
(1) General
Requirements:
(a) The vehicle must have a
properly affixed and readable VIN.
(b) DEQ must reject from the testing area
vehicles having coolant, oil or fuel leaks or any other such defect that make
conducting the emission test unsafe. The inspector may not conduct the
emissions test until the defects are corrected.
(c) The vehicle transmission must be placed
in neutral gear if equipped with a manual transmission or in park position if
equipped with an automatic transmission. The hand or parking brake must be
engaged. If the brake is defective, then wheel chocks must be placed in front
of or behind the vehicle's tires, or both when appropriate.
(d) All accessories are to be turned
off.
(e) The inspector must ensure
that the motor vehicle is equipped with the required functioning motor vehicle
pollution control system in accordance with the criteria of OAR 340-256-0380 or
340-256-0390. For vehicles not meeting these criteria upon completion of the
testing process, the inspector must issue a report to the driver stating all
ways in which the motor vehicle pollution control system does not meet the
criteria of OAR 340-0256-0380 and 0390.
(f) Exhaust gas sampling algorithm. The
analysis of exhaust gas concentrations will begin 10 seconds after the
applicable test mode begins and will be analyzed at a rate of two times per
second. The measured value for pass or fail determinations will be a simple
running average of the measurements taken over five seconds.
(g) Pass or fail determinations. A pass or
fail determination will be made for each applicable test mode based on a
comparison of the applicable standards listed in OAR 340-256-0400 and
340-256-0420 and the measured value for HC and CO. A vehicle will pass the test
mode if any pair of simultaneous values for HC and CO are below or equal to the
applicable standards. A vehicle will fail the test mode if the values for
either HC or CO, or both, in all simultaneous pairs of values are above the
applicable standards.
(h) Void test
conditions. If the measured concentration of CO plus CO2 falls below the
applicable standards listed in OAR 340-256-0380 and 340-256-0390, or if the
vehicle's engine stalls at any time during the test sequence, the test will
end, and any exhaust gas measurements will be voided.
(i) Multiple exhaust pipes. Exhaust gas
concentrations from vehicle engines equipped with multiple exhaust pipes will
be sampled simultaneously.
(j) The
test will be terminated upon reaching the overall maximum test time.
(2) Test sequence. The test
sequence will consist of a first-chance idle mode, a high idle conditioning
mode, and a second chance idle mode.
(a)
First-chance idle mode: the engine RPM shall be maintained between 550 and 1300
during the first chance idle mode. The maximum duration of this test shall be
30 seconds.
(A) If, before an elapsed time of
30 seconds, the measured values are less than or equal to the applicable
standards listed in OAR 340-256-0400 and 340-256-0420, the vehicle will pass,
and the test will be terminated.
(B) If, before an elapsed time of 30 seconds,
the measured values exceed the applicable gross emission standards listed in
OAR 340-256-0400 and 340-256-0420, the vehicle will fail, and the test will be
terminated.
(b) High idle
conditioning mode: If, before an elapsed time of 30 seconds, the test has not
been terminated in accordance with (2)(a)(A) or (2)(a)(B) then the engine RPM
shall be raised and maintained between 2200 and 2800. The maximum duration of
the high idle conditioning mode test shall be 180 seconds. If, before an
elapsed time of 180 seconds, the measured values exceed the applicable gross
emission standards listed in OAR 340-256-0400 and 340-256-0420 the vehicle will
fail and the test will be terminated.
(c) Second-chance idle mode: If the test has
not been terminated in accordance with (2)(a) or (2)(b) then the engine RPM
shall be lowered and maintained between 550 and 1300 during the second chance
idle mode. The maximum duration of the second-chance idle mode test shall be 30
seconds.
(A) If, before an elapsed time of 30
seconds, measured values are less than or equal to the applicable standards
listed in OAR 340-256-0400 and 340-256-0420, the vehicle will pass, and the
test will be terminated.
(B) If,
before an elapsed time of 30 seconds, the measured values exceed the applicable
gross emission standards listed in OAR 340-256-0400 and 340-256-0420, the
vehicle will fail, and the test will be terminated.
(C) If, after an elapsed time of 30 seconds,
measured values exceed the applicable standards listed in OAR 340-256-0400 and
340-256-0420, the vehicle will fail, and the test will be terminated.
[NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040.]
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468A.360
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468A.350 - 468A.385
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