blue temp sensor and emmisions???

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dazleeds
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Post Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:50 am

my tech 1 failed mot on emmisions and ive noticed it runs at a quarter oin the gauge tops

could a dodgy blue sensor have an effect on the emmisions??

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Post Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:01 am

give it a try daz, theyre only a few quid.

if it thinks its cold all the time the ecu will keep running on cold settings making it too rich
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Post Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:04 am

could be dodgy thermostat mine used to run at about 1/4 and it turned out the prvious owner had removed the 'stat
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