emissions mot fail

  1. Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 740 suzuki ignis sport
    #1
    car failed its mot on emissions yesterday and the garage said that they would change the cat to make it pass , but before i forked out 131 pound my dad gave the car a quick blast down the motorway to try clean the engine out a bit but it still failed. So is there any other things i can do to try get the car through this?
  2. Established Member Joined: Jul 2009 N.wales! Posts: 1024 slammed VTS
    #2
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    Originally Posted by saxoclarke View Post
    car failed its mot on emissions yesterday and the garage said that they would change the cat to make it pass , but before i forked out 131 pound my dad gave the car a quick blast down the motorway to try clean the engine out a bit but it still failed. So is there any other things i can do to try get the car through this?
    new cat is your only way dude
  3. Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 740 suzuki ignis sport
    #3
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Daniel09 View Post
    new cat is your only way dude
    i thught that but the one on theirs only a year or two old and also the grge said that might not fix the emissions probelm .
  4. Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned
    #4
    a cheap shit cat doesn't last 2 years. Then it depends how you drive and if you do long or short trips, etc.. Once I had a cat fail on me, less than 6 months old.
  5. Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 740 suzuki ignis sport
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    Originally Posted by Manu View Post
    a cheap shit cat doesn't last 2 years. Then it depends how you drive and if you do long or short trips, etc.. Once I had a cat fail on me, less than 6 months old.
    car hasnt been driven for nearly a year.
  6. Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned
    #6
    that might explain it. A quick trash round the motorway wouldn't solve it. Should try some 98 ron in there (for the extra cleaning agents in there) plus doing at least 50 miles or more. I also bought some shit petrol from tescos once (EML came on straight away), it took 7-8 full tanks to clean it out. Maybe in your case try some redex too.


    In the worst case, buying the cat and fitting it yourself will come to a lot less than £130
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