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Mine failed the smoke test last week 8 point something. I put a bottle of Diesel Magic in 1/4 tank of fuel and did 30 miles at 75 in 3rd gear. Back to the MOT tester 1.36 on the smoke test. Great stuff, I have never seen the smoke drop that much on any other car!
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21-09-2013, 02:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 21-09-2013, 02:12 PM by Poodle.)
Tell the mot station to sort their act out, they're meant to purge dervs before testing for that exact reason.
And fyi the injector cleaner had nothing to do with it, it's the high exhaust temps from running at 75 in third that will have done the job, but a few quick 30-70 burns would have done the same job without wasting so much fuel.
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The thing is your old old 405 didn't have a cat/particle filter to get get blocked up with soot.
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Lols 30 miles at 75!
All you had to do was rinse it on the way there. New air filter always helps it breathe before hand as well.
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Bet that turbo was glowing red after 30 miles at 75 in 3rd...
If that was done to even a stage 1 XUD you'd probably melt the turbine wheel!
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Feck me, that'll have cleaned the exhaust out for sure!
I normally just rag the knackers off it en route to the test station, my HDi passed the other day at 0.3.
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