Lambda sensor problem??

[purple highline monster 0]

Had my car mot`d today, passed with flying colours...well......untill it got to the emmisions part :@ fooking mot tester wouldnt pass it even though the CO was only 0.54 when it needs to be below 0.30, so now i have the dilema......i have ordered a genuine vw lambda £80 which will be here in the morning to fit, im just hoping its not the kat aswell :-# hopefully its just the lambda and that will sort it, has anyone else had this before? or have any other thoughts on it? i hate electrical gremlins and emmision stuff!!! a 2,8 engine is hardly enviromentally friendly anyway so why so fussy!!!

[cabrioman 6]

u put it on a vag com phm ??? see if its got any faults stored ???

[purple highline monster 0]

well yeah and no mate, i put it on my mates mini diagnostic thingy but for some reason it dont read my engine? its defo an obd11 reader but we tried before and it just wont do it, i personally think the sensor has just died and needs replacing, hopefully the new one tommorow will sort it and thats that, i can get it re tested tommorow and pass, if it dont, the wheels are coming off and theres gonna be an electrical fire of some sort and i will get another G60

[Goldie 0]

sounds to me like the cat has bitten it.

[purple highline monster 0]

nope, dont think its the cat, its only readind just over the co limit, if it was the cat aswell it would be mega over that

[cabrioman 6]

u cant do that u got a sweet motor mate look any porbs i mite be able to sort u out on a 5051 52 at the weekend if u need it ??

[purple highline monster 0]

cheers tony, if the co is still high after i change the sensor i will give ya a bell if thats ok? oh and ane more little ask.......where abouts on the downpipe or cat is the lambda? its been a while since i even looked under it and cant ever remember noticing it or where it is!!

[cabrioman 6]

its just in front of the cat err about a 22 or 24 mm i think and the plug is on top of the rear engine mount ..

[purple highline monster 0]

cheers mate, i found the plug end when looking in the bay at the downpipes, but the cars so low i couldnt see under far enough to see where it went or the cat, i will smash the granny out of it tommorow and update if its sorted, which i hope it is, as i would hate to have to burn it i am seriously hankering after another mk2 G60 though :-| dunno why? just fancy another one, maybe even another rallye? if i could find the right one, a G60 edition one would be cool though, the noise of the charger would make up for the six pot, especially after its been G werks`ed (6)

[Goldie 0]

if the probe dont fix it, let me know 1st, ill take it off ur hands, pre burning

[cabrioman 6]

there is a rally on e bay at the mo ... cheap to

[craggsy 91]

I love that phrase Nick...."smash the f***ing granny out off it.

Oh and i'll look after the wheels for ya buddy, mate, pal

[purple highline monster 0]

yeah if it comes to it mate i will shout you before the flames are upto the handles

[purple highline monster 0]

there is a rally on e bay at the mo ... cheap to

what tony the grey 7000 miles one?, one german dealership owner and totally mint for 10k, its nice (h) but not cheap

[VR6_Absy 0]

If you wanna pop round to mine lol you can borrow my cat which has a spare sensor loctited in just in case i have to do a hot swap ;-)

[cabrioman 6]

lol that a good idea or just a get a de cat mot like i can get ,,,,, love workin i the trade

[purple highline monster 0]

cheers Absy but it may be a bit far be good fun if it was to stay sunny for 10 minutes though

[VR6_Absy 0]

lol you could fly down in ur chopper with ur blues flashing :-) Sun :-( it's a myth, went Run To The Sun and didn't find it :-(

[cabrioman 6]

[purple highline monster 0]

got the new lambda from vw this morning £80 for genuine aint bad really i suppose??....just gonna go fit it and then take it for a re-test and see if its "cured" if its not its getting "zippo`d", as its knocked the bow lax out of £100 for nothing if it dont cure it...wont be a happy happy bunny! dont like spending on "normal" stuff

[IbiVR 0]

Hope it works, but i'd have to agree with goldie, sounds like cat.....

Fingers x'd

Tom.

[Seademon 0]

Good luck Nick - always best to fit OEM lambda probe, patent ones make the car run too lean & therefore are a waste of money and false economy cos you'll only end up buying a Vw one anyway!

[purple highline monster 0]

yeah cheers chaps, if it is the cat im not paying 300 for a new one, one of you guys must have one if i need it? i cant complain the cars been spot on since i bought it 3 years ago and this is the first problem i have had with it, and its easily sorted so cant be too harsh on the car i suppose

[cadguy77 0]

If you need a cat sorting, the phirm have loads laying around the yard. or better yet get them the mot it, i did with a de-cat

[purple highline monster 0]

cool cheers cadguy, fitted the probe, well after i had removed half the exhaust and sworn at it a few times, the sensor was nigh impossible to get out whilst on the car as its on top of the kat, needed new gasket and bolts too, still the probe i took out was only a normal bosch one not vw so i guess it must have been replaced before? new ones in and it seems? fine, will see on saturday if its cured it, while the kat was off had a really good look at it and its spot on inside and dont rattle or anything so i believe its ok, fingers crossed