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Old 30-09-2008, 02:36 PM
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hi everyone

my father in law has bought a 55 plate fiesta 1.4 tdci on 56k miles.
it's just been for its first mot and failed on high emissions has anyone got any ideas


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Old 30-09-2008, 02:45 PM
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when was it last serviced?
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Old 30-09-2008, 03:27 PM
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i would stick new filters on it and a bottle of injector cleaner in the tank
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Old 30-09-2008, 03:48 PM
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as above a air filter soem injector cleaner in fuel, rag it up motorway before the mot
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i aways used to take the car to the mot station revving the tits off of it to clear it out, normally works on diesels.
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Old 30-09-2008, 05:27 PM
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it only just gone through a service apparently beggers belief think we'll take it back to where it was serviced
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Old 01-10-2008, 04:44 AM
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Cane the living F**K out of it, they all clog up the cat's.
Always had to do this to diesels, but will go through after this, all else being well.
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rag its untill you think its going to explode, then rag it some more.
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Yep its probably just needing a damn good clearing ouy so enjoy the black smoke belch out while booting it
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