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Old Jun 3, 2004 | 07:48 AM
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Hi,

I am a relatively new owner of an 89 sapphire 2wd.

I have just hit the CO emissions hurdle over here in italy. My revisioni ( mot ) guy is saying that the car is running at 10% CO when it should be running at 0%

Firstly I dont believe that a non cat should be at 0% , I am guessing standard would be 2-4%. What is the standard CO on these ?

Secondly, can anyone help me on how to adjust the CO just temporarily to get past this check ?

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Paul.
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Old Jun 3, 2004 | 07:58 AM
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ecu in the panel in the passenger side dash , remove cover , and turn screw small amounts at a time , best to be done whilst emissions are being read i.e with the gas anilyser sampling , without the spec of your engine and whos map it has i it its almost impossible to say what it shoud run at , especially for european law


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Old Jun 3, 2004 | 08:21 AM
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Thanks for the swift reply mark

Do I have to be careful how much I change it, can I break anything ?
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Old Jun 3, 2004 | 09:30 PM
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yes its sensitive ,but will also adjust your fueling across the whole rev range so dont go winding it off to nothing m8 !!
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Old Jun 4, 2004 | 06:38 AM
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Remember how much you turned it for the test and when you get outside the garage,turn it back up.
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