How many miles must I drive my 1996 isuzu trooper after check engine light (CEL) was reset to pass emissions in 1.5 days?
This was not my intention however. While at the computer researching should I have my CEL reset, my husband was with the neighborhood "side mechanic" with an OBD II scanner and reset the CEL. At that same time, I was reading you will fail emissions if the reset was recently done without driving a certain amount of times. I would like have the emissions test done within 2 days because i'm going out of town for a while. I and will drive the specified miles if I have to (and hope the CEL does not return).

The OBII code was p0440 (gas cap checked and not that). Will get whatever that is fixed eventually. Currently the car for the first time in a while is driving fine.

Of note, I have a 1996 isuzu trooper now with over 150,000 miles bought used 3 years by my father for "reliable" means transportation for school. He bought it from a used/new car dealer (not isuzu) with 75,000 miles at the time of purchase. After the first year while the car was still being paid for, the car needed several major repairs done. The first was some electrical problem that cost 700+ dollar. Then the engine failed because the internal timing belt broke. I replaced this with a rebuilt engine with financial help from dad. Used a lot of my student loan checks meant for living expenses (cloths, food, rent) to pay for repairs as i could not buy a new car and my father was still paying on the car. No warranty of course on vehicle. Also, I had to get a rebuilt transmission as it had a lot of problems. Now the car is paid off. General Maint was performed tune ups, oil changes, etc so upkeep was not the issue. Had to vent, sorry. This gift turned into a nightmare.
Did anyone else have similar problems?

 

i have went straight to smog mine after reseting a cel i evan did one while i was waiting to have test done of corse that was a dodge but the computer learns quick. i think is as long as what cause the cel in the first place dosent pop up you should be fine

 

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