Ebay Could Owe $1.9 Billion in Fines for Allowing Sale of 343,000 Emissions Defeat Devices::The Department of Justice alleges that eBay illegally sold 343,011 emissions defeat devices, and could face billions in penalties.

  • ikidd@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s less about removed emissions devices than a “performance” tune. A truck without a DPF isn’t going to shit out black smoke unless some yahoo has a tuner that dumps fuel in that doesn’t combust fully.

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      1 year ago

      An EGR delete WILL let you push out black smoke on a stock tune, but it won’t let you “roll coal” as they call it, it’ll only do it if you gas it real hard and even then, it’ll just be a puff.

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        1 year ago

        Exactly. You have to really be trying to make a properly tuned engine shit out smoke, or bad rings. Detuning for power is what smokes, and then you have these chucklefucks that specifically set up the engine to roll coal. I think people that do that should be put in a sealed room with a hose to the exhaust of their rigs and someone revs it until the fuel tank is empty.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Which they do on purpose just to spite electrical car drivers; rolling coal, climate change isn’t real, god is real and HE would never allow that, yadda yadda! Assholes be assholes.