Altezza emission issues
Altezza emission issues
Did you say CO2 or CO.
I am guessing if a sensor had gone down then it should have thrown up a fault code. More likely to be a mechanical failure like a cat.
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Kevpr I think you're right stoney, autos do have pre-cats. Mine's a manual.
The car wasn't cold. I ragged it to the test centre where it was left idling untill it was tested. Yep, original cat. You can only hear the rattling if you jack the car up an bang on the cat. It's not audible while driving.
Kevpr I think you're right stoney, autos do have pre-cats. Mine's a manual.
The car wasn't cold. I ragged it to the test centre where it was left idling untill it was tested. Yep, original cat. You can only hear the rattling if you jack the car up an bang on the cat. It's not audible while driving.
A ratttling cat when you bang it means it is broken, the substrte is held in very solidly, once it rattles it is broke and needs replacing.
Something caused it to break in the 1st place, you have to find the cause, or a replacement cat will go the same way eventually. So as Toxo said check your sensors and see if any are reading wrong.
2tongues A ratttling cat when you bang it means it is broken, the substrte is held in very solidly, once it rattles it is broke and needs replacing.
Something caused it to break in the 1st place, you have to find the cause, or a replacement cat will go the same way eventually. So as Toxo said check your sensors and see if any are reading wrong.
2tongues A ratttling cat when you bang it means it is broken, the substrte is held in very solidly, once it rattles it is broke and needs replacing.
Something caused it to break in the 1st place, you have to find the cause, or a replacement cat will go the same way eventually. So as Toxo said check your sensors and see if any are reading wrong.
true, they should lset 10 years or so. But you should check all the things that kill cats also rather then just throwing parts at the issue.
i would guess its either impact damage/mechanical vibration or material fatigue due to age rather than a melt down due,
Kev have you had a misfire at all? and can you post the CO, O2 and HC figures please. not interested in CO2 figures as this is just a by product of combustion.
High O2 +high CO + high HC=misfire do to over rich mixture
high O2 +low CO + high HC= lean misfire
High O2 +Normal CO +high HC= miss do to mechnical or igniton problems
High O2 + normal CO + normal HC= O2 getting into exhaust via air pump, or exhuast leak
if HC goes up, O2 should go up
If HC goes down, O2 should go down
if CO goes down, O2 should goes up
If CO goes up, O2 should go down
CO2 should be highest at the engines most efficient spot
C02 goes down if anything else moves.
Phil01 Did you say CO2 or CO.My bad, I meant CO not CO2.
Phil01 Did you say CO2 or CO.My bad, I meant CO not CO2.
leaving the car idling it just as bad as letting the car cool down....
Ok, so i finally found a machine that was able to read my ecu...
At idle O2 sensor was reporting between 0.05 and 0.2v
MAF 2.4g/s
Water temp 91C
At about 3k RPM O2 Sensor went up to .9 then fluctuated between that and .35
MAF 10g/s
Water temp 93C
Does this mean anything to anyone? Did I miss anything?