I put the wifes car in for its MOT yesterday and it failed on the emmsions.
Pug 206 1.1 bla bla bla
What is that symbol that i have circled ? what did it actually fail on ??

The car had been standing for 13/14 months so could it be down to the fact that the fuel is **** ??

and it failed on both lower arm ball joints !!! FFS i know they are a total bugger to get out of the hub, everything is so tight

 

lambda reading.

 

The fuel could effect this yea ?

or could be a shot lambda, they recon they die at around 7 years

 

Not failed by much, see if there are any small leaks in the exhaust first as this can cause a fail on Lambda.

 

yea it failed on a blowing exhaust , i thought it would pass as it was but it must of been to much.

I dont know what the rules are on a blowing exhaust TBH, but if it doesnt effect the emmisions then a small blow would be fine " I HEARD" lol

 

Fix the blow & it will pass

 

Those balljoints / wishbones are a right PITA ... I done them on my inlaws 206 a couple of years ago.

 

i know im not looking forward to doing them, i would just cut them out but i would still have to put them in again

A guy i know who was a master tech a peugeot said there is no easy way of doing it , just a **** off massive bar and jump on it .

But i can see the little rubber dust covers getting damaged in the process

 

fix exhaust ,a service helps like air filter breaths in cleaner air and with new plugs will burn better ,, also a bottle of injector cleaner would help get a decent 1 not a cheapy i like the wynns gold i think its called a litre bottle from halfrauds its £14 but my local motorfactors do it and it costs £9.99 from them does a brilliant job ..after you done all this sometimes it helps to disconnect battery for 30min to reset ecu ...


I did all the above when my renault runabout failed on emissons it passed second time as i did all of the above i also fitted a new lamba/02 sensor

also how old is the cat standing for that amount time with it getting damp could also **** up cat

 

Well it was sat for around 15 months without being started. So the cat could be fooked. I HATE french cars anway.

 

If the cat was knackered it would fail CO. With lambda it's either because the exhaust is blowing or change the bank 1 sensor. I'd change the exhaust or fix the leak, technically your lambda is probably spot on, however a leak drags in air or dumps exhaust gasses before the tailpipe so changes the percentage lambda reading that the MOT test probe reads.