Mr Whippy
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| posted on 9/5/10 at 10:31 PM |
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Here's what to do if you car fails the emissions test
This was a new one to me seeing that normally I have old cars that run carbs and never have problems with modern emission tests.
Recently I bought a Zafira, for £200 that I had been warned last MOT it had barely passed the test due to bad emissions. So when I put it through, oh
boy did it do bad  fortunatly the guy at the testing station was great and recommended I go and buy some stuff called CATACLEAN, never heard of it
or noticed it in the shops. Found it and nearly died at the £24 price for a small bottle, better bloody work 
So I pured it in with the half tank of Asda finest  drove it 15 miles and then straight back to the testing station, just look at the difference in
the readings!  I assume it just has to pass the 2 last tests? as it went through with flying colours  far better than replacing the cat or
whatever...
So there you go, I did a search on the web and most folk in forums were saying it was bogus, tbh I guess none of them has ever tried it....
Hope this helps some of you get through.
here's the fail results -
 
Description
and the rather better new one, look at the HC's!
 
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Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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blakep82
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| posted on 9/5/10 at 10:37 PM |
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wow, so what is this stuff supposed to actually do?
i guess it doesn't actually clean the cat out, but more makes the fuel burn differently, just for MOT time?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 9/5/10 at 10:45 PM |
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well on the can it says it cleans the cat, valves, injectors etc etc which made me doubt it at first but given the fact that it smelt worringly strong
i.e might explode just looking at it I guess its really a booster like nitromethane used in model plane fuels. Did the trick and I will use it next
time for the MOT
This Zafira has a tiny little cat about the size of a bag of sugar looked very dinky to me.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 9/5/10 at 10:45 PM |
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Whn my emmisions were too high, I disconnected the Lambda, dropped off the scale and sailed through the MoT
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blakep82
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| posted on 9/5/10 at 10:46 PM |
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if it worked it worked. good enough
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 9/5/10 at 10:54 PM |
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indeed
rather easier than the 10 hour slogathon it took to change the leaking steering rack, what a stupid design
you need an engine crane to change it!!
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blakep82
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| posted on 9/5/10 at 11:00 PM |
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what did you expect with a £200 zafira 
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nitram38
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| posted on 10/5/10 at 03:47 AM |
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Thanks for the heads up on cataclean. Im going to try it on my tintop.
Shame you paid so much. Just bought mine on
ebay.
Offered £12.50 and got instantly refused.
Offer of £13 accepted.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/5/10 at 06:54 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
This was a new one to me seeing that normally I have old cars that run carbs and never have problems with modern emission tests.
That's because they won't be tested against modern emission standards!
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BenB
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| posted on 10/5/10 at 07:12 AM |
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Car Mechanics magazine is run mostly by garage mechanics and they swear by the stuff for perking up knackered cats..... That's enough proof for
me...
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 10/5/10 at 09:59 AM |
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Thanks for the post whippy. My car was close to fail on emmisions at last MOT. Will buy some of this stuff just before 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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OX
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| posted on 10/5/10 at 11:50 AM |
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i used something similar on my busa ,but wasn't sure whether it was that that got it through the emissions test or the fine tweaks to the power
commander
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gingerprince
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| posted on 10/5/10 at 12:12 PM |
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Sure it wasn't just a blast to the shop that warmed everything up to be more efficient? It's well known that a car that's been on a
recent blast and is nice and toasty runs cleaner than one that's only just warmed up. Drive to the MOT station like you stole it!
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Peteff
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| posted on 10/5/10 at 01:39 PM |
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My car failed the emmissions two years ago and when I removed the front pipe, the box which was supposed to be the catalytic converter was completely
hollow There was no trace of anything ever having been inside it, the injector cleaner the garage recommended I try actually increased the
readings.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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