ash876123
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Registered: 13th Dec 10
Location: Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
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hey peeps new to this site so ill explain i have a 1997 1200 8v corsa nt a beats lol has stainless 16 inch alloys lowered now i took it to the mot station failed on emmision co high hc high lambo low and theres a slight mis fire so had a new a lamba sensor on it new spark plugs oil change de ristriceted air box off and orginal on it now took it back still failed so please help corsas got 50000 on it as got from my mum after 9 points from the bmw anyways please help been without a car for like 4 weeks and dont no what to do now
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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Find a friendly MOT tester.
Failing that take it to a garage
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Phillips_91
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Registered: 20th Jan 10
Location: Blackpool. Drives: Sapphire Black Mk4 Astra 1.8
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new cat, even if all else fails it will get it through the mot with brute force from the cat cleaning it 
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ash876123
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Registered: 13th Dec 10
Location: Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
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cheers its a decent car never liked the corsa but now driving it its like yer wait till points gone big engine but style first thanks love the support
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Phillips_91
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Registered: 20th Jan 10
Location: Blackpool. Drives: Sapphire Black Mk4 Astra 1.8
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no problem mate  atleast that will get you back on the road, but you will need to do something to sort whats going on in the engine otherwise you will just knacker this cat aswell and it will fail again next year, unless this was just a dodgy cat, but either way i'd be giving it a good service and trying to find the cause of the misfire, that could be causing unburnt fuel to travel into the cat and burn in the cat itself, which melts the cat and prevents it from working, see this all the time at work on misfiring cats, then they dont get it sorted and the cat fails again at the next mot
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ash876123
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Registered: 13th Dec 10
Location: Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
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i did wonder if it could be the crank sensor as emg light comes on every so often
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Phillips_91
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Registered: 20th Jan 10
Location: Blackpool. Drives: Sapphire Black Mk4 Astra 1.8
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get the fault codes read that would be a great start, but atleast if you put the new cat on then you can have the car on the road legally and dont have to worry bout plod pullin ya over everytime you take the car to the garage
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