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dopeydean
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mk4 gti failed mot today
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12 May 2012, 17:12 »
hi all my 2000 golf gti mk4 failed the mot today only on immisions co2 is ment to read 3 and mine was reading 13 lol any idea,s like common faults
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Re: mk4 gti failed mot today
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12 May 2012, 17:18 »
dead cat or lambda
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navmk4gti
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Re: mk4 gti failed mot today
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12 May 2012, 23:20 »
you dont have an mot "friend"
as said lambda sensor or you prob got it decated is it remapped as iv been told that throws up different readings too i never had prob with my previous AGU that was de- cated
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Re: mk4 gti failed mot today
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13 May 2012, 00:11 »
Have you checked / scanned it for any codes.
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dopeydean
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13 May 2012, 20:12 »
put it on a diagnostics machine today came up with faulty lamba/slight missfire on more than 1 cylinder/temp sensor
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Chris.
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14 May 2012, 19:04 »
Start with the temp sensor.
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dopeydean
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14 May 2012, 21:07 »
replaced it today £8.50 was going to change the lamba but it a f@?>er to get out
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Chris.
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Re: mk4 gti failed mot today
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14 May 2012, 21:13 »
Not that hard if you know how
Hammer the hell out of the area around the lambda (where the thread is in exhaust pipe) and then get your 21mm spanner and comes straight out.
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15 May 2012, 18:49 »
took it to a local garage today just to see what the immisions was like after changing the temp sensor and it will pass now lmao just over a little sensor
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Chris.
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15 May 2012, 22:35 »
Simple fix then! Saves £60-80 on a new lambda or £££'s on a cat.
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