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On 09/09/2019 16:50, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Want to say what it was?

some emission sensor or other

the actual emissions were fine, it was just the sensor that was
buggerd

Pattern ones are about £30.


You shouldn't tell him that he likes to think the EU caused him to
scrap the car and not stupidity.

Oddly, it was the US that started emissions controls on cars, not the
EU. Nothing to do with saving the planet, but to make things more
comfortable around LA.

And an MOT doesn't check emissions throughout an engine's range.

but it does check that the sensor warning light is off

Sensor warning light? Never seen one of those. Do you mean check engine?
And then have the codes read to see what the problem actually is?

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