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 Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:09 am |
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Joined: Apr 04, 2010
Posts: 191
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Location: Coventry
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car failed this morning and was just wandering how much roughly im looking at paying to get it fixed, the fails are as follows:
offside front headlight aim too high
exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive
exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive
nearside rear parking brake recording little or no effort
nearside front brake pipe twisted (found during steering wheel lock to lock check)
parking brake efficiency below requirments
MANY THANKS GUYS  hope is isnt too much 
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:11 am |
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Joined: May 31, 2010
Posts: 838
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Location: United Kingdom
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headlight aim isn't hard to fix, pop the bonnet and turn the adjuster, parking brake efficiency could be it just needs tightening up, the other things i have no idea lol, sorry im not a great help!
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:13 am |
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Joined: Apr 04, 2010
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Location: Coventry
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my dad said max 200 which i dont mind but he aint got a clue to be honest lol
reckon it just seems to be the emissions causing me the most problems might just get a new exhaust haha
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:15 am |
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Joined: Jan 10, 2011
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Location: surrey
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im shitting myself for my MOT
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:16 am |
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Location: United Kingdom
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| ryanrox wrote: |
my dad said max 200 which i dont mind but he aint got a clue to be honest lol
reckon it just seems to be the emissions causing me the most problems might just get a new exhaust haha |
sorry to seem patronising but have you tried googling it? it might be able to help and tell you what's causing the problem
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:18 am |
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Joined: Apr 04, 2010
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Location: Coventry
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i will now dude , cant beat a bit of google
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:32 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 585
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Location: aberdeen
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well should think a new cat and brake pipes will be about 200-250 with labour and the parking brake wont be much. and the headlight is a 2 minute job
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:59 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 3666
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Location: Scotland
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Your meant to thrash the a**e off the car before the MOT to heat the cat up 
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:38 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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brake pipe is cheap. (will need brake fluid too.)
might need a new cat/ O2 sensor. post out the whole emission reading is helpful.
tighten up handbrake cable.
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:45 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011
Posts: 6526
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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Fill up with Shell v power before the test and have a good run it for at least half an hour. What was the emission reading?
Check your nearside handbrake cable to make sure its not snapped. If thats ok then the shoes may need adjustment.
Headlamp adjustment, as been mentioned
Take it you mean the flexipipe is twisted. Is it wrapped round a suspension part? Might just need moving so that it runs along the correct path. Difficult to tell without seeing it. If you can get a pic then it will help.
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