co level failure

Dave and his freelander · Sep 9, 2008

hi guys, just failed my mot on co levels, anyone had this problem and knows of a fix to lower it for me to past the re-test without having spend unknown amounts, ideas gratefully welcomed

thanks dave

Dave and his freelander · Sep 9, 2008

ps, the lambda reading passed with flying colurs

stig · Sep 9, 2008

how long did they rev it for before trying the test, as the cat has to be stinking hot, one way of testing if the cat has anything left inside is to take the temp at the front of the cat and one at the rear the front should be higher than the rear if not its feked

Dave and his freelander · Sep 9, 2008

no idea how long i was in the waiting room other side of building, il have to find a themometer to do that one, lol, hopefully that not what it is,

its crazy, if they want us to meet strict emission controls they should provide feel fault diagnosis after failing, thats my belief Bxxxxxxds

Greenie · Sep 9, 2008

Dave and his freelander said:
hi guys, just failed my mot on co levels, anyone had this problem and knows of a fix to lower it for me to past the re-test without having spend unknown amounts, ideas gratefully welcomed

thanks dave

Put some cooking oil in ya tank, about 40% that'll sort it!

stig · Sep 9, 2008

Greenie said:
Put some cooking oil in ya tank, about 40% that'll sort it!

and how is that going to help a petrol engined vehicle?

Dave and his freelander · Sep 9, 2008

my thoughts entirely stig

ianda12 · Sep 10, 2008

Have you changed the air filter lately ?

Dave and his freelander · Sep 10, 2008

took it out for the test mate, always did............

sparkyjohn5 · Oct 21, 2008

Took mine for a 4th gear blast up a dual carriageway before M.O.T. test this year as I was caught out last year, I do a lot of town and local journeys, passed with ease this time.

rustymark · Oct 21, 2008

wouldn't be putting cooking oil in a petrol !!!!!

try redex and stuff maybe? How far over the pass limit was it?

doobreydog · Oct 22, 2008

As above redex or similar but you could always invest in an LPG system...mine never gets above 0.2% of allowed emmisions even with straight through pipes

rustymark · Oct 22, 2008

Or of course.....buy a diesel!

jdandcoke · Oct 23, 2008

First of all find a better garage the will keep retesting it till it passes. Its all down to the temp of the cat. Take it on a run to get it hot and i mean roasting not a 5 min run round the block. My mums got a ford escort and normally it takes at least 3 or 4 attempts before it passes because its only used on short runs so the cat never gets up to temperature

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