trogdor
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| posted on 1/6/06 at 04:15 PM |
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Rover 214 mot failure, advice please!
Hi, my housemates rover 214 sei failed its mot on emissions today, which i not good. is there any way to fix it reasonably easily? or is it likely the
engine is worn and will need replacing? the garage was going on about putting a chip in it or replacing one. it sounds a bit dubious to me.
has any one got any expreince with k series? is it worth fixing it?
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Danozeman
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| posted on 1/6/06 at 04:17 PM |
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How old is it mate?
ounds like the lambda sensor or s light blow in the exhuast.
Dan
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trogdor
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| posted on 1/6/06 at 04:21 PM |
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tis an 1994 version i believe, is an m reg.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 1/6/06 at 04:31 PM |
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What was the actual cause of failure, i.e. CO, Hydrocarbons, Lambda?
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trogdor
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| posted on 1/6/06 at 04:37 PM |
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well i asked my housemate this and he doesn't know, the garage only said it failed on emissions, they are gonna ring him tomorrow with a quote
if they can fix it. but i am abit dubious about it, mostly because of the lack of info.
i was also wondering if k series had a common thing with something like this, like with the head gasket reputation.
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muzchap
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| posted on 1/6/06 at 06:05 PM |
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I'd try the local scrappy for a Lamdba sensor.
It's either failed on CO2 emissions or the number of Hydrocarbons released into the atmosphere.
If it isn't the Lamdba - and it is the hydrocarbons - it's most likely a dodgy valve (according to my mechanic friend).
If it was me - I'd grab ECU and Lambda in case one or the other is bolloxed?
Get a quote from the garage though - interesting to see what they say it is - for an MOT failure they should give him the print-out immediately! He
could be getting scammed!
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Markp
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| posted on 1/6/06 at 06:05 PM |
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The Missus fiesta failed on emissions, it turned out to be a breather hose with a big split in it. Replaced and sorted £11 from ford
ATB Mark
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froggy
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| posted on 1/6/06 at 06:54 PM |
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im with muzchap get the printout and post it on here for all your options, could be the ecu ,quite common but they do tend to leak from the inlet
valves giving poor vacuum and failing the idle test , map and lambda worth a look but the print out will tell you where the problem is
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britishtrident
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| posted on 1/6/06 at 08:04 PM |
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Is it Mpi or single point injection ?
Did it fail on fast idle test ?---- what RPM was the fast idle test carried out at due to a mistake in the data sheets a lot of older 214 are failled
on fast idle because they are being tested at too high an RPM which puts the system into open loop mode.
Apart from that it could be a few things --- leak at the exhaust, throttle pot, lambda sensors have a finite life they slow down with age - 2nd
hand ones are no go -- apart from the fact they may already be dead or lazy or the heater circuit burnt out, the Rover lambda is a swine to remove
and is a unique to Rover MEMS type.,
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dave r
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| posted on 1/6/06 at 08:21 PM |
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quote:
i was also wondering if k series had a common thing with something like this, like with the head gasket reputation.
the 1.4's are bomb proff, belive me i have tried to kill several
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trogdor
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| posted on 1/6/06 at 09:01 PM |
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funny u should say that, he blew the head gasket on it awhile ago. he has spent quite alot of money it now so wants to keep it as long as pos as its
not worth out now!
thats what i am thinking with the lack of info, it could be a scam to get a few pennies out of him. will see what they say tomorrow.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 2/6/06 at 06:42 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dave r
quote:
i was also wondering if k series had a common thing with something like this, like with the head gasket reputation.
the 1.4's are bomb proff, belive me i have tried to kill several
Yep -- if you keep if filled with coolant no problems, weakest link is the Pug gearbox and the clutch that comes with it, just had to pull the
gearbox from a 45 1.6 because the clutch release bearing collapsed.
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