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silbastian

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hey there,

just wondering i got canaried the other day for a few things and one of the those was listed as "exhaust - EPA". the question was how do i go about clearing that defect, as ived heard there are two different types of EPA's and one of those isn't as pleasant. the place im going to get a rwc, do they provide the sound test which i think it is? also a couple of friends have said to change my exhaust back to stock as they think i will not pass with the current one i have on at the moment which is a 3" catback with 2 mufflers. what are your thoughts on changing back to stock exhaust or just doing the test as i have registered the car with it on and have done other rwc without any hassels...

thanks alot for the read, cheers.

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You'll get a letter from EPA, where to go and what to do, it can take them a few weeks to send it out. Put the standard exhaust on, as I doubt you'll pass with your current one. Get a rwc from a workshop of your choice to clear your defect, it has nothing to do with EPA.

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hey there,

just wondering i got canaried the other day for a few things and one of the those was listed as "exhaust - EPA". the question was how do i go about clearing that defect, as ived heard there are two different types of EPA's and one of those isn't as pleasant. the place im going to get a rwc, do they provide the sound test which i think it is? also a couple of friends have said to change my exhaust back to stock as they think i will not pass with the current one i have on at the moment which is a 3" catback with 2 mufflers. what are your thoughts on changing back to stock exhaust or just doing the test as i have registered the car with it on and have done other rwc without any hassels...

thanks alot for the read, cheers.

the exhaust isnt a defect, its an EPA so u clear it separately to the defect. u will receive a letter in the mail telling of your reading and the date that its due. just bolt a stock on cat back, that usually get u into the legal limits.

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silbastian

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the weird thing that gets me though if it wasn't a defect for the exhaust/epa then how am i able to get a major defect for only two items listed?

thanks for your input though

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I'm pretty certain loud exhaust is also a RWC item, just not usually applied to defects and left for EPA.

I'm capped so i can't search VicRoads website PDF's... nothing stopping you from doing it though.

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funny thing is though when i got defected, two other cars got done as well who were with me and there exhausts are three times as loud, some running no cat's at all and yet they didn't cope that and i did.. :) my car was the cleanest out of all of them.

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