98 Escort failed on Exhaust emissions ideas????

aingeal_croi

Hi the situation is this my 98 ford escort Ghia failed on High Idle exhaust emission reading: Lambda 1.07

Also it failed under transmission: CV boot Frayed/Cut nearside front does anyone have any idead what I may be looking at (labour and parts) to fix thiese two things??

I am completely green when it comes to things like this so any ANY advice appreciated so I can go to a mechanic with a bit of knowledge and avoid being ripped off. TIA

Muckie

Emission problem sounds like you'll need the o2/lambda sensor on the
exhaust replaced. There usually around €90.
Cv joint replacement about €150 or there abouts.
Hope the mechanic you picks isn't more expensive than that.

Mr Benevolent

Muckie wrote: »

Emission problem sounds like you'll need the o2/lambda sensor on the
exhaust replaced. There usually around €90.
Cv joint replacement about €150 or there abouts.
Hope the mechanic you picks isn't more expensive than that.

€90 + €150 = €240 not including labour. The car is worth less than that and it's going to cost at least that every year. Get rid of it and buy something reliable. Seriously.

kazul

But it only needs a boot on the CV, not the joint itself.

Leonard Hofstadter

If the car has otherwise been reliable until now, why get rid of it?

It's not like it is a poverty spec one with the engine from the Anglia and no power steering seeing as it's a Ghia.

If on the other hand it has been a money pit then it's probably not worth repairing but there is no point whatsoever in getting rid of an otherwise perfectly good secondhand car.

corktina

thats not much to fail on, must be a basically good car...keep it running (ive got two of them OTR) or try my fav forum www.everyfordireland.com for advise/help/parts

kazul

Confab wrote: »

€90 + €150 = €240 not including labour. The car is worth less than that and it's going to cost at least that every year. Get rid of it and buy something reliable. Seriously.

Not great advice IMHO. No reliability issues mentioned and any car will need money spent on it every year for servicing, tyres etc. As to the value of the car, without knowing spec, condition, mileage and history I don't know how you can say it's beyond economical repair. Seriously.

Muckie

If you like the car, spend the few pound on it, even less if its
just the cv boot thats needed. Good luck with the car, get a few more
months out of it and it'll have paid for itself.

aingeal_croi

Hey there yes the car has never failed me once in the two years I have had her started every time on all cold mornings. Its easier said than done spending money on a new car, with that comes a whole list of unknown issues, at least this way I would know where we stand with her mechanics-wise.

Yes it is just the CV boot not the joint that needs replacing.

thanks for all your replies, if I owned a FIAT brava like I used to I would not have bothered but my ford GHIA, its just been too reliable to give up on!

if it failed on high lambda then its not the lambda sensor, its an exhaust leak someplace

tmcw

Confab wrote: »

€90 + €150 = €240 not including labour. The car is worth less than that and it's going to cost at least that every year. Get rid of it and buy something reliable. Seriously.

That's like saying 4 x €60 (or more) = €240 for new tyres, more than it's worth, => not worth repairing.

Parts wear out and need to be replaced eventually. Not everyone has the time to go searching for another car which may or may not come with a host of underlying problems waiting to surface.

€240 (or less) isn't a huge amount to put into a car to sort the present issues for a few years. If the body was tidy, and it felt mechanically sound otherwise, I'd pay to keep it going.