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Paul Gosport UK ________________________ Audi S8 2002 FE Avus Silver / Extended Red Leather. Daily Driver: BMW 3 series GT - Just more practical for my camping trips! |
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Well the car went back after a 'very spirited' 30 mile drive. Re-test and still failed.
The Tester wouldnt "rev the nuts out of it" as its 'not policy' but suggested a more mechanically sympathetic organisation might be a better bet. Anything obvious I should (with my limited skill set) look at? I do have VCDS lite.
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#393
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Befriend a dodgy MOT tester, preferably one that does all the taxi drivers where you live
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I have spoken to a 'sympathetic' MOT tester today who has managed to fit me in for Monday at the earliest.
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Paul Gosport UK ________________________ Audi S8 2002 FE Avus Silver / Extended Red Leather. Daily Driver: BMW 3 series GT - Just more practical for my camping trips! |
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My MoT guys gently let off the throttle after the fast idle test to allow everything to stabilise gently. They take it from ~2500-3000 rpm back to idle over about 5-10 seconds rather than just taking the foot straight off. That allows the closed-loop control to sort everything out by the time the machine takes its reading. If you just close the throttle and hit the test button the mixture can still be a bit rich and cause this sort of problem, on older cats.
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#396
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He had to adjust the main beam. Passed with zero advisories.
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Paul Gosport UK ________________________ Audi S8 2002 FE Avus Silver / Extended Red Leather. Daily Driver: BMW 3 series GT - Just more practical for my camping trips! Last edited by strummagnet; 17th February 2024 at 03:22 PM. |
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Great news
My MOT tester told me his rule of thumb is whether the car is likely to kill you or somebody else, if not then it passes. |
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But surely, one look at the driver and it'd be a fail
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:rofl:
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. |
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Naughty Nick! Shades of pot and kettle. But then I can't talk.
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