MOT failiure on Golf (S reg) - emissions too high? What to do.....?
My golf failed the mot today on the emissions as it is blowing out lots of dense blue smoke during acceleration and it says on the fail sheet also that the emissions has excessive carbon monoxide and the lambda reading is outside the specified limits. The bloke at the station said it doesnt smell like oily smoke but it does use a lot of oil at the moment, having to top the oil up about every three weeks! What do you think I can do to get this fixed? I want to get rid of the car so just want to get it right before it goes but dont want to spend a fortune on it so dont know if best to scrap......
Blue smoke IS oil burning so either your piston rings are shot and/or the stem seals are. There is no quick easy fix so if your getting rid of it your going to have to sell it as is unless you want to spend big money getting it fixed.
