skillicky

All...

Took me car for MOT on Friday and as I suspected it may do, it failed.

Failed on the following...

2 front tyres bald on inner edges, now sorted with 2 new tyres and tracking adjusted.

Emissions.... CO2 level was way too high. Was reading approx 8% and the guy told me it shouldn't be any higher than 3.5%.

Now my problem is... My current MOT runs out on 3rd June so I need to get it sorted ASAP.

Wheres the best place to get this adjusted and can I just take it to my local garage to adjust them? The guy said it was linked to the ECU as the car is running EFi.

Full spec of my engine is in my sig....

Any advice would be hugely appreciated!!

RS RUDEBOY

id take it to a tuners / rolling road place , at least theyll be more experienced at sorting out modified cars

dave green

You can adjust the co on EFI escort cvh engines.

skillicky

The guy who MOT'd it said he couldnt adjust it cos it needed doing with some Ford equipment

Is he talking out of his arse or what?

essexrsturbo

well it needs to be tested at with CO monitering equipment...find a garage thats can ajust it for ya while monitering it...or getit set up by a tuner..

dave green

you dont need nothing more than a screwdriver and a gas analiser.

if he failed it on emmistions he should have both.. The adjuster is on the N/S inner wing at the back. little black thing with a screw thread in it.

dave green

skillicky

So if thats adjusted correctly then it will correct the running of the car as I think its running rich at the moment.... Am getting a black sooty mark appearing on my back bumper above the exhaust tailpipe.

Looks like the guy was talking rubbish then when he said he couldnt adjust it!

s1 dean

yeah when you bring the co down m8 it should run better but after you have taken it for a re test u should bring it up again to about 5%, my vans running the same sort of spec as yours but a 1.6 cvh low comp and runs perfect at 5%