Emissions MOT failure sp turbo

[Smcknighty]

Been busy with work and half term, smoke went away immediately after my last post and had stayed away for the last few days. Today my new o2's went in, engine is learning, had a flash of smoke again when out driving but it went fast. Will try and find Matt's details and ask about the drain. I'm going to get someone to do the exhaust removal and refit for me I think, too busy and would like the convenience of drive in/pick up. Then will pull the turbo when I have a bit of spare time. It's going really well at the moment since the new o2's.


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[Smcknighty]

K I think I've nailed the smoke problem. Why does it smoke sometimes consistently for a while and then stop smoking for a while. Answer took a bit of head scratching, bit of reading, bit of looking then aha.

There are two places I park. We have two cars (technically 3 but one is a drive ornament) so you are either first on the drive or last on the drive. If your first on the car is pretty much flat - this is where I check oil etc. If your second on the drive drops away a lot - it's a 20 to 25 degree angle. The drain from the turbo is gravity fed, reading about it generally problems are caused by it not being wide enough, not having enough of a drop away, being restricted, being under the level of the sump oil. Last on the drive gets all the use as it's a pain to chop and change cars around all the time. So looking at the drain, matts turbo is low down on the engine, the angle is relatively shallow. I think at the moment the problem must be happening when I park at the end of the drive. So going to reverse in when I do that and see if the problem goes away. For the cat, I've got a quote from a good knowledgable guy, he suggested I try cataclean first, just did that, I figure the burning oil can't have helped the cat. I will get an emissions test next week after I've cleared through the final bits of cataclean, see where that stands me


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[wotugonado]

Good news. I also find letting the car idle for about 30 seconds minimum after parking helps, let's the oil drain and cool and prevents oil coking i think  they call it.

[Smcknighty]

Long absence. So what's happened.. well, step 1, my pristine one lady owner (and one owner before that !) well looked after car etc etc. Had a delivery driver reverse into it.  s:( s:(  killed the light cluster, bent tip of rear nearside panel, damaged bumper. It then went away for what felt like 8 weeks.It's back, I'm not massively happy as the panels don't line up like they used to but it's back  s:) s:) . Work and holidays got in the way some more. But last week I took it for mot near to the place that was going to do the cat (booked same day!). It failed on emissions but also handbrake  s:( s:(  that was new from last time.  I got a normal cat put in as I didn't need the upset of putting a sports cat in and failing again, it passed  s:) s:)  only just, 0.47 on idle, 0.04 on fast idle. The mechanic at the mot garage was going to put new cables in - but managed to get the old ones to sneak through the mot. I suspect they really didn't want to drop the fuel tank for the cable replacement. I'm ok with that as need to save cash for now for house move. My feel is I need to rebuild the engine, but not for a bit!!  Woohoo! Can confirm that it does need a sports cat as it feels slightly less powerful than before - but it's still a lot of fun! On the bright side, it has mot till the end of next summer, which is the right time for the next set of problems.  I'm hoping to move house before then which will give me more room to work on it when required. Also it is still my favourite car, but it needs some tlc cosmetically now. (Or maybe coilovers to cheer me up)


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[m1tch]

Long absence. So what's happened.. well, step 1, my pristine one lady owner (and one owner before that !) well looked after car etc etc. Had a delivery driver reverse into it.  s:( s:(  killed the light cluster, bent tip of rear nearside panel, damaged bumper. It then went away for what felt like 8 weeks.It's back, I'm not massively happy as the panels don't line up like they used to but it's back  s:) s:) . Work and holidays got in the way some more. But last week I took it for mot near to the place that was going to do the cat (booked same day!). It failed on emissions but also handbrake  s:( s:(  that was new from last time.  I got a normal cat put in as I didn't need the upset of putting a sports cat in and failing again, it passed  s:) s:)  only just, 0.47 on idle, 0.04 on fast idle. The mechanic at the mot garage was going to put new cables in - but managed to get the old ones to sneak through the mot. I suspect they really didn't want to drop the fuel tank for the cable replacement. I'm ok with that as need to save cash for now for house move. My feel is I need to rebuild the engine, but not for a bit!!  Woohoo! Can confirm that it does need a sports cat as it feels slightly less powerful than before - but it's still a lot of fun! On the bright side, it has mot till the end of next summer, which is the right time for the next set of problems.  I'm hoping to move house before then which will give me more room to work on it when required. Also it is still my favourite car, but it needs some tlc cosmetically now. (Or maybe coilovers to cheer me up)


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Good to hear its sorted/being sorted  s:) s:)

P.S. TCB has K-Sport coilovers in stock  s:D s:D

[Smcknighty]

Interesting! Very reasonably priced, might be an option - group buy?


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[1979scotte]

Mine never failed on emissions with a 200 cel cat and neither does my V6.
You just have to get them hot.
If it's failing MOT then cat is fubar or something else is wrong.

[Smcknighty]

Yeah I think something else is wrong to be honest. Not sure what yet though.


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