FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
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Originally posted by Rob R
take it for a stonking rag before you take it in to warm the cat up
Utter bollox mate 
I told him that theory and he let me take it for a quick blast to try and pass the emissions part at least, he did a re test as soon as i got back and it didnt do anything.
Really duno what to do now, think im just gonna have to fork out £110 for a new cat
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Rob R
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Registered: 31st May 03
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old wives tale then? never had to do it myself, mine passes with my decated downpipe and sports cat 
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
quote:
Originally posted by Rob R
take it for a stonking rag before you take it in to warm the cat up
Utter bollox mate
I told him that theory and he let me take it for a quick blast to try and pass the emissions part at least, he did a re test as soon as i got back and it didnt do anything.
Really duno what to do now, think im just gonna have to fork out £110 for a new cat
44 quid on ebay mate and fit it urself is only basic to do
Try some redex or some sorta cleaner aswell - clean plugs and try again!
[Edited on 07-03-2008 by richc]
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Toby
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Registered: 29th Nov 05
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quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
- EMISSIONS!!!!!!!!
Apparently should be no more than 0.30 and mine is between 0.60 - 0.80
So they said i need a new CAT as that is most likly the problem! 
So any tips? Will a new CAT fix it as they want about £110 fitted and i cant afford to pay that if its not gonna fix the problem
quote]Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Why? You dont know my car lol, its not gonna fail on emissions the cats practicaly brand new,
soz when your down on luck but but fucking
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
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quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
quote:
Originally posted by Rob R
take it for a stonking rag before you take it in to warm the cat up
Utter bollox mate
I told him that theory and he let me take it for a quick blast to try and pass the emissions part at least, he did a re test as soon as i got back and it didnt do anything.
Really duno what to do now, think im just gonna have to fork out £110 for a new cat
think you find it takes longer than a quick blast for teh cat to really operate
I think they are trying to fob you off myself
Injectro cleaner and good hammering etc should bring the emissions down.
Did they plug the probe properly in the exhaust etc
My mate is an MOT tester and its took him 40 minutes at time to get a car through on emissions
Technically the car should apss from cold start but persistance normally works
No way should you need a new cat
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Chris F
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Registered: 26th Dec 05
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out for you money imo!
Try clean/rag it and make him take his time when doing it was said above!
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Adam-D
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i had a 5 month old cat and it failed emissions, and so did a mate both cats were from same supplier, they were binned and replaced from ones from new supplier, and both cars passed
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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clean your air filter too
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Vaux Lad
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quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
quote:
Originally posted by Rob R
take it for a stonking rag before you take it in to warm the cat up
Utter bollox mate
I told him that theory and he let me take it for a quick blast to try and pass the emissions part at least, he did a re test as soon as i got back and it didnt do anything.
Really duno what to do now, think im just gonna have to fork out £110 for a new cat
No its true.
The cat has to be super hot before its fully working
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ryan_fowler1985
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Registered: 27th Jul 05
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as above get the cat really hot after a good hard drive then it will fly it, ive done this loads of times and loads of mot stations sugest doing it.
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Schlumpfy
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Whats wrong with the headlamp? If it's just insecure then it's more than likely a plastic clip at the bottom has fallen out.
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martin945
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Registered: 21st Jun 06
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yeah them little white clips usually snap and cause the headlight to rattle abit as schlumpfy said. my mate works at vaux so i get them for free but apparently vaux charge a fortune to fit them because its an mot fail but it takes seconds to do lol.
[Edited on 09-03-2008 by martin945]
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