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Hi guys

Ive just joined this site and you seem to know what your talking about

I have just purchased a lovely rav 4 sat morning good cond tax but no mot so booked it in for this morning only to fail on the emissions.

Can you guys help me out and point me out what could be causing this or my lovely hard earned cash will be quickly spent in a toyota dealership.

Andrew

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Nobody ? ? ?

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Nobody ? ? ?

What area of the Omision test did it fail on, did they give you any more details....

Tell us this and we may be able to point you in the right direction.... :D :D

O and welcome to TOC :thumbsup:

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It failed on the co

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When I bought mine it initially failed on emissions, but the dealer took it for a 20 mile drive and it passed. It had been standing idle for a few months previously.


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yeah, as peter mentions, usually you need to get the engine pretty warm for the emissions test...

just find a friendly garage that will test it hot and youll be sorted..

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Cheers guys

I will try and get her nice and hot prior to the mot

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Just a side note, make sure the spark plugs and air filter are in serviceable condition...could just help :) .

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Hi again

Just been to the tunning shop and he has polietly told me that the catalytic convertor is well and truly had it.

Anyone know of a good price or is this a main stealership part?

Posted

If you can't stretch to main dealer ,there are after market companies that sell them, i have no idea on the quality but this is one i found ...

http://www.cats4less.co.uk/search_results.php

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