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Exhaust Emissions

  • 24-02-2013 5:36pm
    #1
    ION08
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    Lads (and possibly ladies)

    My girlfriends car just failed the NCT as a result of High Idle Exhaust Emissions

    emissions.jpg

    The car in question is a 1.1 Hyundai Getz with only 62k on the clock

    Oil and filters were dont at 60k and I also recently fitted 4 new spark plugs.

    As you can see CO levels are at 56% but need to be below 20%

    Anybody have any insight as to what the cause of this might be and what I could do to improve this figure before taking it back for a re-test?

    Would appreciate any opinions / suggestion you might have.

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    George Dalton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    Looks like a catalytic converter issue on the face of it. Impossible to diagnose fully just by looking at the report sheet though ;)


  • #3
    ION08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭ION08


    Yeah george, I was thinking Cat myself :(

    Emission problems always seem to be hard to diagnose and expensive to resolve.

    Do you think I would get away with cleaning throttle body with carb cleaner and running a bit of dipetane??


  • #4
    George Dalton
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    It depends. What kind of use does the car normally get? If it just tips around town and never gets a proper long and hard drive then a good fuel system cleaner, an Italian tune up and ensuring it is as hot as possible when it goes for the retest might just scrape it through.


  • #5
    ION08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭ION08


    George Dalton wrote: »
    It depends. What kind of use does the car normally get? If it just tips around town and never gets a proper long and hard drive then a good fuel system cleaner, an Italian tune up and ensuring it is as hot as possible when it goes for the retest might just scrape it through.

    She doesnt drive huge distances and drives the car very gently.

    Believe me it got a proper italian tune up today as I was driving it all day and theres a decent stretch of motorway before the NCT centre.

    So your advice would be to take it to a garage to get it properly diagnosed before the retest?


  • #6
    George Dalton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    Yes, to be honest it will probably need a cat. Those Hyundai cats aren't great in our experience.


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  • #7
    ION08
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    George Dalton wrote: »
    Yes, to be honest it will probably need a cat. Those Hyundai cats aren't great in our experience.

    How much dough are we talking? just so I have a general idea


  • #8
    George Dalton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    I don't know off the top of my head to be honest.


  • #9
    ION08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭ION08


    No worries, thanks a lot anyway. Your advise is always invaluable


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