Failed MOT -exhaust lambda reading was too high

[peirson]

gt a 05plate ibiza and i took it for its first MOT test today. It failed becuase exhaust lambda reading was too high

Whening asking the guy at the garge wot would have caused it he said my new backbox and new air filter wouldnt have done it, they should have improved the lambda

Does anyone know how to fix this???

Was told to buy some exhaust cleanser, stick it in the fuel tank, and blast it up and down the dual carriage way

Hopefully the car stills has should warranty on it so il take it to the stealers and get them to fix it

 

[depresion]

Just an Italian Tune Up will help (a good hard blast). But an 05 should be within limits.

 

[tdi_chris]

is it remapped by any chance? if it is it may be a faulty map giving to higher reading and it will fail.... very rare tho!

 

[peirson]

i was going to giv it a quick blast 2mro, with sum exhuast cleanser and take it bk to the garage on monday, hopfully will work,

and no its nots remapped, was thinking about getting it done when i save up th £££s

 

[Skisbp]

Would help to know what engine your running?

 

[Mr Roboto]

gt a 05plate ibiza and i took it for its first MOT test today. It failed becuase exhaust lambda reading was too high

Whening asking the guy at the garge wot would have caused it he said my new backbox and new air filter wouldnt have done it, they should have improved the lambda

Does anyone know how to fix this???

Was told to buy some exhaust cleanser, stick it in the fuel tank, and blast it up and down the dual carriage way

Hopefully the car stills has should warranty on it so il take it to the stealers and get them to fix it

My LCR failed it's MOT on emissions by a big way!

But I only used the car for 20 mins though.

So the garage told me to go for a blast before I come back the next day for a re-emissions test to get the sports CAT hot so it's starts to work.

And it passed very very easily

 

[peirson]

Would help to know what engine your running?

its the 1.2

i took it for a 20mins blast today before i took it to the garge and passed only just tho. Got a lambda reading of 1.02 it would fail on a 1.03. So just made it. Don't have to worry about it now for another year lol

 

[tdi_chris]

if its an 05reg there must be something wrong with it to give a reading of 1.02! I'd take it back to the stealers and play my face because its only just out of warranty. the emissions level should be low for a 3 year old car, your reading is something I'd expect from a P reg 306D turbo with 160k on it!