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NCT emissions question

  • 24-03-2019 7:31pm
    #1
    brianoak
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭


    Hi, hoping somebody can clear this up for me. I have a 2008 BMW E90 318i and it failed the NCT initially on emissions. Specifically lambda and CO on high idle. The limits in the initial test were Lambda (0.97 - 1.03) and CO (above0.20%)

    Mine was Lambda 0.96 and co 1.78

    However when I took it for the retest it passed but was tested with different limits on Lambda. Lambda (0.70 - 4.00) and CO (above 0.20%)

    This test my car was 1.69 (Lambda) and a CO of 0.00.

    Whilst I'm glad it passed, I'm baffled by the variance.

    Any ideas?
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  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Not sure.
    From the testing manual http://www.rsa.ie/Documents/NCT/NCT%20Manual%20Revise%20JULY%202014.pdf
    For vehicles first registered on or after 1st of January 1994, the lambda value
    at 2,500 rpm or at the speed specified by the vehicle manufacturer is not 1
    ±.03 or within the vehicle manufacturer’s recommendation.


  • #3
    brianoak
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭brianoak


    Cheers – had a read there. It seems to be referring to rev speed rather than the value limits though.

    Maybe he just felt sorry for me and let it go.


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