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wil3046
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Ok so desperately need some diagnosis on my car!

Keeps failing the mot on emissions. The car when cold starts but won't idle for a few mins until it gets a bit warmer. When driving its lacking power and doesn't want to pull much.

Anyone? Cheers
MR2 Rich
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Could be a load of things.

When was it last serviced? How old are all the serviceable electrical components?

Have you done a diagnostic check?
No 2 :(
Rob
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02 sensor?
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wil3046 wrote:Ok so desperately need some diagnosis on my car!

Keeps failing the mot on emissions. The car when cold starts but won't idle for a few mins until it gets a bit warmer. When driving its lacking power and doesn't want to pull much.

Anyone? Cheers


1) What were the emissions?

2) Fault codes?
b16hbg
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Post by b16hbg »

What element of emissions? Lambda or CO?
What sort of mr2? MK and rev?
wil3046
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Hi sorry forgot all the details .

It's a rev 3 N/A and it was the lambda it failed on. It had a blow but I sealed that up.

I changed the plugs 2 weeks ago but not changed the leads.
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wil3046 wrote:Hi sorry forgot all the details .

It's a rev 3 N/A and it was the lambda it failed on.


God, it's like pulling teeth....

WHAT WERE YOUR EMISSIONS FIGURES?
wil3046
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I dunno would have to go to the garage to find out
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wil3046 wrote:I dunno would have to go to the garage to find out


They should have given you a print out.

The figures are important as they often give a good indication as what the problem is.
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Yeah I got a print out but it went in today to have the other little jobs it needed for retest and I left the failure sheet there
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wil3046 wrote:Yeah I got a print out but it went in today to have the other little jobs it needed for retest and I left the failure sheet there


Post all figures up tomorrow.
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Will do cheers
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