do you still want me to look at the sills Andy?
Hope it goes well except for the stuff you know about, I know how you feel, i hate MOT's to.
Hope it goes well except for the stuff you know about, I know how you feel, i hate MOT's to.
So Nervous!
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oh man, not having a good time then
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I've just passed mine this morning
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but I spend all afternoon yesterday checking everything bulbs, brake pads.....to find that the right caliper was seize, well the handbrake part.... I finally got it working but the pad is crumbling now. This is due to a stone stuck between the disk and the metallic air part next to it, it overheat as a result handbrake mechanism stuck and pad dead.
But this morning I left with the green paper clear for another year
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But this morning I left with the green paper clear for another year
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The verdict is in! It was like torture watching them, everytime they spent longer than I thought necessary on a certain area of the car I felt like shouting at them to move on.
It was way better than I could have hoped for. It didn't fail on the tyres being too worn (advisory) or the holes in the sill (advisory, not within x distance of seatbelt mount so no fail). The sticky caliper didn't show its ugly face and they only did a driving brake test (not on the rollers) so it passed on brakes. It didn't fail on anything else that I didn't know about which is good.
It only failed on the emissions. Any ideas? They tried for ages to get the cat hot enough so it would pass. At one point it almost did, CO was within the allowed amount but then it started rising suddenly again
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Guy reckoned it must be running really rich?
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It was way better than I could have hoped for. It didn't fail on the tyres being too worn (advisory) or the holes in the sill (advisory, not within x distance of seatbelt mount so no fail). The sticky caliper didn't show its ugly face and they only did a driving brake test (not on the rollers) so it passed on brakes. It didn't fail on anything else that I didn't know about which is good.
It only failed on the emissions. Any ideas? They tried for ages to get the cat hot enough so it would pass. At one point it almost did, CO was within the allowed amount but then it started rising suddenly again
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I just heard my 5 failed its MOT this morning too.
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Frustratingly one of the things I failed on was 1.2 lambda on high idle, yet the CO and hydrocarbons were within spec, so in a way it shouldn't matter if I'm running lean. Ah well, better change my AFR target tables and go for a quick tune!
I also failed on handbrake, 95% on one side and 16% on the other, damn. Hopefully it'll just need a bit of adjustment. Got a re-test booked for tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow off work, so better get out and fix things!
Andy, it cant be running that rich if the lambda is 0.98!
Frustratingly one of the things I failed on was 1.2 lambda on high idle, yet the CO and hydrocarbons were within spec, so in a way it shouldn't matter if I'm running lean. Ah well, better change my AFR target tables and go for a quick tune!
I also failed on handbrake, 95% on one side and 16% on the other, damn. Hopefully it'll just need a bit of adjustment. Got a re-test booked for tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow off work, so better get out and fix things!
Andy, it cant be running that rich if the lambda is 0.98!
sorry to hear about yours, not too bad though I'm sure you can have it fixed in a few hours.I just heard my 5 failed its MOT this morning too.![]()
Frustratingly one of the things I failed on was 1.2 lambda on high idle, yet the CO and hydrocarbons were within spec, so in a way it shouldn't matter if I'm running lean. Ah well, better change my AFR target tables and go for a quick tune!
I also failed on handbrake, 95% on one side and 16% on the other, damn. Hopefully it'll just need a bit of adjustment. Got a re-test booked for tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow off work, so better get out and fix things!
Andy, it cant be running that rich if the lambda is 0.98!
I understand a lot mechanically but this emissions stuff is beyond me. Is there a chance the lambda sensor could be borked or is the fact the reading is acceptable showing that the sensor is ok? Don't know where to start with this
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