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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
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17th Nov 07 at 11:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
got the car mot'd today
failed on:

abs light on- will take the bulb out
front light broke- get a new one
offside wheel bearing- changing today
fuel tank leaking

then it came to emissions

c0- 0.661
hc-210
lambda-1.033

how can i get the emissions down?
TheCam
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17th Nov 07 at 11:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
maybe a lambda sensor,
as for taking the bulb out, dont the make sure all the bulbs are working when they turn the ignition on?
Kurt
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17th Nov 07 at 11:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
why is the abs light on in the first place?
spankyjames
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17th Nov 07 at 11:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
one of the sensors has gone i have bought a new one but dunno if it will be here before the retest. my main concern is how can i get the emissions down?
allza
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17th Nov 07 at 12:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Think the car will still fail cos the abs lamp needs to illuminate when the ignition is on, unless the tester doesn't notice it.

[Edited on 17-11-2007 by allza]
AK
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17th Nov 07 at 12:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
take the ABS bulb out
Emmisions.. without really solving the problem - Was the car tested after a good hard run?

What the spec of the engine? Is anything adjustable (ECU, FPR etc?)
Pucci1
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i had giviing a car the boot before a emissions test usally gets the emissions down i done it before my mot test and passed on that (my car failed btw)
spankyjames
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17th Nov 07 at 12:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i gave it a good boot, and the bloke said bring it to him at nine and i did but he didnt test it till 11

the car just a standard gsi apart from its got a remus centre section and magnex 3inch round box
Jake
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17th Nov 07 at 12:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
put abit of redex in the tank and give it a good run before the test to get it nice and hot.
c0- 0.135
hc-135
lambda-1.023
I got my emissions down to the above values by doing that for the past 2 MOTs
spankyjames
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17th Nov 07 at 12:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what bottle of redex do i need ill have to do it after i put a new tank on it
AK
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17th Nov 07 at 12:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the car needs to be up to temp, and when its had a good run the emissions will be lower.

Is the CAT out? Is so start on sensors

for interest - my skyline passed recently with

CO - 0.26%
HC - 194ppm
Jake
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17th Nov 07 at 12:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you can by a small bottle which is good for a full tank of petrol. Just get one of those. Give the spark plugs a clean aswell, i used 1200grit sandpaper on the electrode
Superlite Ltd.
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17th Nov 07 at 12:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


This gets used here at work to get old cars through
spankyjames
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where can you buy that?
Mattb
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17th Nov 07 at 15:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
taking the bulb out wont work, as the bulb has to illuminate with the ignition, then go out..

I would try a coolant temp sensor for emmisions.. All 3 results say runing rich, rich and rich..
spankyjames
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17th Nov 07 at 15:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
k will try the sensor see if that works how much roughly will the sensor cost?
Jake
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17th Nov 07 at 16:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
take a tenner, you should come back with change.
Superlite Ltd.
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17th Nov 07 at 16:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by spankyjames
where can you buy that?


any vauxhall garage should sell Forte products
J100RSA
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17th Nov 07 at 16:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the abs light has to work properly otherwise it will fail
TomSBD
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17th Nov 07 at 17:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wire the abs light to the battery light

they will never no
Mike GSi
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17th Nov 07 at 17:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its rare for the ABS sensors to go, mine came on on my GSI all i done was took the sensors off both side and wire brushed the teeth on the hub behind the disc. might be worth a try
TomSBD
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the fooked wheel bearing would most prob be messing up the sensor and putting the light on
pow
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17th Nov 07 at 19:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My mate had a dodgy airbag in his Corsa, it didnt work thus putting the lighton. We tried EVERYTHING to make the bulb go out, reset the ECU, Airbag ECU unpluged etc. In the end, I got a 9V bulb, 9V battery and a device that lit up an LED (desoldered the LED and put the 9V bulb in place) when it was provided with current, then switched off 3 seconds later - some kids xmas toy i think - poiundland.

Wired to ignition live, taped light to back of insrument cluster, tucked battery etc behind dash - job was a goodun.

Bodgery

[Edited on 17-11-2007 by pow]
Mike GSi
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air bag light isnt an MOT failure
VegasPhil
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Nearly every ford from the 90's has the airbag light flashing

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