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Shinyandy
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 Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:29 am Subject: Re: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Update on this as it seems to be fixed (no faults in 6 weeks) and might be useful for others.
Changed plugs for Bosch and cleaned the MAF (just in case) |
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Topic: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Shinyandy
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:31 am Subject: Re: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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It hasn't but would incorrect fitment allow it to ever run perfectly at all though? |
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Topic: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Shinyandy
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:12 am Subject: Re: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Little bit more information which may assist..
The camshaft position sensor was replaced, the oil was Repsol 10W/40, the spark plugs had a reference code of 5960F7 (Google suggests this might be Ch ... |
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Topic: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Shinyandy
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:18 am Subject: Re: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Went back to garage, annoyingly it has been running 100% fine for the last couple of days. The codes stored though are P0300 & P0341 (I suspect these might be generic codes?). I also checked what they ... |
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Topic: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Shinyandy
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:58 am Subject: Re: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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It was running absolutely fine when it went it for the 60K service & cambelt change, whilst there (after they had done everything required) they rang to ask me about it running poorly. They kept it fo ... |
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Topic: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Shinyandy
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:01 am Subject: Re: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Cheers MrBSI sounds a likely fault but not sure if in this instance, for example when the thing is limping along with 2 cylinders at 120kph and I turn the ignition on and off quickly the fault tends t ... |
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Topic: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Shinyandy
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:06 am Subject: Re: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Also unsure how tappets or the oil would cause an intermittent fault? It can go for days and be perfectly fine with no symptoms at all, surely this is more likely to be caused by something electrical? |
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Topic: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Shinyandy
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:29 am Subject: Re: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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As far as I know it´s the correct oil
Seems like there are a load of known issues for this issue, is there any way of checking which of them it might be before replacing everything? |
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Topic: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Shinyandy
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Forum: 206 Problems Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:11 am Subject: Cat + Pollution Fault & Poor running |
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Hi, I've searched around and see this is a really common fault, perhaps caused by failed injectors. Symptoms of mine are intermittently (once/twice a week or so) firing on about 2 1/2 cylinders upon a ... |
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