Hi Guys,
Mondeo failed CO emissions. Irritatingly 0.31% max limit is 0.3% bastardos!!!
Any advice to get that reading down?
I was gonna put some injector cleaner in it give it a good run, perhaps look at lamda sensor see if it's dirty worse case scenario replace Cat. Car was fairly cold when they tested it, perhaps I should make sure it's up to temp for the retest.
its impossible for your car to be cold when tested, the emission analyser wont allow it to be, yours failed the BET test (basic emission test) so a full cat test would have been carried out & the oil temp would have been taken at this point on your vehicle & it has to be at least 80c+ to allow the full emission test to be carried out, so it wouldn't have been cold.
Yeah. I knew it was warm probably not articulating clearly. I think basically need to take it for a long run and use injector cleaner. they bpassed the oil temp on it the printoff says, I guess they didn't do a full cat test.
Any tips though Reg
Run it until the tank is quite low, stick in the injector cleaner and take it for a blast. Check the breathers and renew the air filter (or remove it entirely for the test)
Barb
no they did a full cat test that's how you have arrived at a failure, looks like they couldn't be arsed to take the oil temp !!! *if* it fails again and they haven't taken a oil temp ask them to do it again, it does make a difference.
On 17 Nov 2006 17:34:28 -0800, I waved a wand and this message magically appears in front of Mattyb:
Change the oil.
Thanks for all the advice guys, cheers.
Matt
From what I've read CO mustn't exceed 0.3%. Now as that's measured to 1 decimal place, then 0.4% is a failure. 0.31% is 0.3% to 1 decimal place so it passes.
Yeah, I understand what your saying Steve. But I guess they just left the 0 out from 0.3(0) for the requirement of max emission. I understand the logic though and may challenge them on it.
Cheers
I doubt if their emissions equipment is accurate to 0.01%. Ask to see its calibration records.
Yeah was going to ask them that if I get a similar reading.
Of course it will.
In theory maybe, but for some reason every emissions printout I've seen has had a line for "OIL TEMPERATURE" and then something like "manual" or "bypassed". Presumably they couldn't be bothered putting a temperature probe somewhere...
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