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Another MOT pass
You never know what will happen when the rules change, but my trusty D2 sailed through again and has another almost 13 months of approval against it.
Just one advisory, one side the rear bake pads are wearing thin. But it's due a service anyway. They struggled initially to get it through emissions, though I think the mechanic enjoyed revving the engine to get the cats warmed up. Simple reason really, it's no distance from home, was absolutely chucking it down and the last few hundred yards were through really deeply flooded roads. But once properly warmed up the lambda figure was spot on and HC and CO were zero.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! Last edited by HPsauce; 16th August 2018 at 11:59 AM. |
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Good to hear
My MOT is due now, I am struggling with the headlight issue really hoping I can get them adjusted so it passes. |
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Very good
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Cars... '93 Audi Coupe 2.0 Alpine White (sold) '99 Audi S4 Merlin Purple - K04 upgrade to 412hp (sold) '00 Audi S8 Agate Grey (Sold ) '11 Audi Q7 4.2tdi Unknown Red (Classic Red Pearl Effect - thanks MJ) |
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Good news - another year of happy motoring
My 8 also struggled to get through the last MOT emissions test.....then I remembered I don’t have cats
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2002 S8 - Irish Green Pearl. Cat N (saved by the D2 Doctor ) 1988 E30 Coupe - Royalblau Metallic 2003 S4 Avant - Light Silver Mettalic 2016 S5 Coupe Black Edition - Ibis White |
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I'm not convinced that a "good" S8 engine, properly warmed up, actually needs them anyway.
I ran for a few years with one rattly cat and when tested it was always spot on. Eventually I had it replaced and it turned out that there was literally nothing inside it, apart from one loose lump of ceramic substrate. The rest had disintegrated and departed via the exhaust long ago! And after that expensive exercise it was exactly the same, but quieter.....
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later) 1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! |
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I intend to test mine without cats over the winter to see what it does
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I won’t repeat exactly what my mate said, but it was something along the lines of your emission readings are “ducked”
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2002 S8 - Irish Green Pearl. Cat N (saved by the D2 Doctor ) 1988 E30 Coupe - Royalblau Metallic 2003 S4 Avant - Light Silver Mettalic 2016 S5 Coupe Black Edition - Ibis White |
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