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gusmac
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Talk about bees around the honey pot, 2 visiting VOSA inspectors and the usual taxi tester checked my car :shock:


Well you can't say you haven't had your money's worth :lol:

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test stations refuse to test if any EML is on, like mine is cos the EGR is blanked off

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gusmac wrote:
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Talk about bees around the honey pot, 2 visiting VOSA inspectors and the usual taxi tester checked my car :shock:


Well you can't say you haven't had your money's worth :lol:


Yep, 155,000 miles and counting,
I have been running it on diesel from Asda for the last 3 months, and the smoke test was a quarter of what is allowed the cleanest they have seen in a long time :D
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Diesel is usually better from a place with a high turnover. That new Asda station must be selling far more than the Shell station that charged an arm and a leg.
I put a gallon in when I was down, and filled up beside Edinburgh on the way back.
Have they gone bust yet BTW?

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I get better MPG from Shell diesel vs tesco (and i have done the comparison) plus my engine is quieter

for the same price (or less) ill use shell

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wannabeeahack wrote:
test stations refuse to test if any EML is on, like mine is cos the EGR is blanked off


Sorry, but what is an EML?

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test stations refuse to test if any EML is on, like mine is cos the EGR is blanked off


Sorry, but what is an EML?


Engine management light, also not part of the MOT as one owner here had his on and it s still on 3 years later
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wannabeeahack wrote:
I get better MPG from Shell diesel vs tesco (and i have done the comparison) plus my engine is quieter

for the same price (or less) ill use shell


It was about 10p more if I remember.

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test stations refuse to test if any EML is on, like mine is cos the EGR is blanked off


Sorry, but what is an EML?


Engine management light, also not part of the MOT as one owner here had his on and it s still on 3 years later

Bulb not burned out yet?

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gusmac wrote:
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test stations refuse to test if any EML is on, like mine is cos the EGR is blanked off


Sorry, but what is an EML?


Engine management light, also not part of the MOT as one owner here had his on and it s still on 3 years later

Bulb not burned out yet?


I have had one of these lit on a car for years and never had a problem with an MOT.

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