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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Proz on 06 May 2009, 10:03:52
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Hi
Just passed the mot but im having the cat code P0420 as you may be aware ... Failed the first fast idle but passed the second one no problem :y :y ... i took her for a fast blast before going in ...
Results are
Fast Idle
Eng Speed .... 2750-3250 rpm
CO ...........0.603% Fail
HC............45ppm Pass
Lambda ....1.028 Pass
Second Fast Idle
CO ......0.211% Pass
HC ......12ppm Pass
Lambda .....1.013 Pass
Natural Idle
CO ..... 0.496% Pass
So she did pass and i should really learn to ignore this code and light but it pi**** me off :-/.
I also understand it would pass the second test cause it would be nice and hot , so is this purely a cheap crap cat that was put on by Vx six months or so ago ..... now that its passed the Mot i cant go back and rant at Vx for fitting crap where i could have if it had failed .
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:( :(
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I thought you had done the mod that Albatros suggested - i.e. relocating the sensors behing the main cat as oppose to the pre-cat? Or did I just dream that...? :D ;D
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Incidentally, when I was thumbing through the service history print-outs of my Miggy (ex plod), 3 months before I purchased it there is a job listed as "Investigate/Rectify Emissions Check Light".
Anyway, they spend almost £1,000 sorting it :o I would assume that's the cost for 2 new cats (double-skinned on plod-mobiles I believe?)
Anyway, a couple of months after I bought it, the emissions light came back on, with - guess what - codes 0420 and 0430...
It had done almost 80k miles before the fault originally occurred, and then 30k when it occurred to me.
Now, I've got a couple of theories here... could it be:
a) new cats aren't anywhere near as good quality as the originals? or,
b) the o2 sensors get goosed over time??
The mind boggles...
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a common fault where the pre cat efficency dies giving the eml light but main cat fine and mot fine.failed first test usually due to the engine not hot enough-good 10 miles at 4000 rpm soon get them hot prior to mot....
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I thought you had done the mod that Albatros suggested - i.e. relocating the sensors behing the main cat as oppose to the pre-cat? Or did I just dream that...? :D ;D
I only have one main cat .... one O2 sensor before it and one after it as the fix suggests but didnt help .... im going to just take a chance and try and get a good quality cat sometime :y