Cat Or Lambda

[Tam80]

I Already Got A Thread Up That I Failed My M.O.T Due To Emissions...

Cheapest Cat I Can Find Is £220..Plus Lambdas..We Are Talking £330 All In...

Whats The Chances Of It Just Being Lambda`s That Are ****** Rather Than The Cat ?

Got Told That When Removing Lambda`s From The Cat They Usually Break

If I Go Down The New Cat/Lambda`s Thats My Piggy Bank Well And Truly Burst

Codes That Were Showing Up Were

P0420
P0170
P0420 And Has A "P" After It

[TimTay]

if heated and removed correctly they dont break. just when folk go gung ho. 9 years of fitting exhausts and tyres never had 1 break.

[Das]

Think the issue with them is they can take the threaded insert, out of the cat, with them when they are removed Tam, but as Tim say heating them should prevent this. I would do the lambdas first then and only then think about the cat.

[merikiito]

I think the issue you have is more related to the MAF, when this goes wrong the car over fuels resulting in the Lamba on the Cat being burnt out and emissions issues.
Might be worth spraying the MAF with some carb cleaner to give it a clean.
Have you got a way of swapping parts with another 1.8 owner?
Also only buy geniune GM parts or OEM as there are some cheap parts out there which will cause you more issues

[Tam80]

Just In..******* ******* Down With Rain Oot There

Been On My Wanders...Tried To Find Oot If It Was Cat/Lambda..But To No Avail...

So Had Enough...Vec Could Very Well Be Going Once I Finally Get A Ticket On It...
Ordered 2 Sensors And Cat...Pick Them Up Tomorrow...

And Thats My Pocket £400 Lighter..Got A Guy Fitting It For Me Friday For £50...Would Give It A Go Myself But Well And Truly ****** Off

Coz If I Got A Bolt That Snapped Or Refused To Budge Or Summit..Would Probably Launch Ratchet Through Windy

[TimTay]

be a fool not to put the lambdas in first to see if that sorts it man. like said its throwing up the same faults as my inlaws and it was only 1 lambda.

[merikiito]

my monies still on the MAF as I had the same issue, I really would try that first before anything else. Hopefully the sensors are just showing incorrect readings due to overfueling rather than being faulty. If you fit new sensors and the MAF is faulty they will just damage the sensors again or throw up the same fault code.

[Tam80]

be a fool not to put the lambdas in first to see if that sorts it man. like said its throwing up the same faults as my inlaws and it was only 1 lambda.

Think I Will Got Get Sensors 1st Then And Bang Them In...But Are They Gonna Cure My Emissions Problem ?

my monies still on the MAF as I had the same issue, I really would try that first before anything else. Hopefully the sensors are just showing incorrect readings due to overfueling rather than being faulty. If you fit new sensors and the MAF is faulty they will just damage the sensors again or throw up the same fault code.

I Only Noticed The P0170 Code Yesterday...That Aint Been There Long...Other 2 Keep Coming Up..Will Try MAF With Carb Cleaner As Well

[TimTay]

thats the whole point of them! there not there for show lol

0170 can be caused by several things 1 being faulty lambdas

if i was a betting man the rear sensor is all you will need! lee gsi was saying the same so did someone else i think!

[Tam80]

thats the whole point of them! there not there for show lol

0170 can be caused by several things 1 being faulty lambdas

if i was a betting man the rear sensor is all you will need! lee gsi was saying the same so did someone else i think!

Will Try Both Sensors Before The CAT Then Mate

Cross You Fingers And Your Goolies For Me

So When They Diddy`s At Kwikfit Said CAT Was ******..They Are At The Madam ?