Hi,
It did pass fine - I was just wondering whether to be worried that the emmisions seems to have gone up a fair bit, and whether this was an early indication of an engine problem.
Sadly it is quite a palava to get it returned to stock so my curiosity will have to go unanswered - in any means, I guess I'll have my answer next year if it's got any worse!
What's an Italian tune-up?
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Bombing it along the road in a lower gear than normal (after suitably warming the car up prior to this)
and the crap comes out of the exhaust. Redex + italian tune-up is even better.
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Roughly speaking, drive the car on the open road, out of urban speed limits, one or 2 gears lower than would be normal for the speed. Ie, at the red line and 50 or 60 mph for a some miles/minutes. This will blow loads of crud out of the engine and exhausr system and, if combined with some Redex or Miller's Diesel for a diesel, will do your recorded emission sa power of good. A 'Forum Search' may reveal more thoughts (in the box top right labelled BackRoom)
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Both readings show a Lambda of exactly 1, but the reading is usually given to at least two decimel places. If they really were both exactly 1, then the HC reading shows that there is unburned fuel in the exhaust stream, yet the Lambda value shows that the mixture is perfect, so I would suggest a false Lambda value (o2 sensor) or inefficient catalytic convertor.
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"I was just wondering whether to be worried that the emmisions seems to have gone up a fair bit, and whether this was an early indication of an engine problem."
Ok to make it perfectly clear, Its because you have had it chipped.
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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