torniojaws
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I just had my GP go through the inspection, where it failed on multiple counts (though not unexpectedly). But what caught my eye was something it didn't fail in:
The front suspension test result was 61 % left, 49 % right (off balance by 20 %), which I assume means that the left side absorbed quite a bit more kinetic energy (61 % of the energy the test device puts out) than the right side during the test.
And it has quite literally entirely renewed front struts: everything, including the nuts and bolts, are brand new OE parts.
Could it mean that the right side shock absorber is bad? As mentioned, it didn't fail on that, but the values sound really low, and the balance is off quite a bit?
Also, if you're curious, these are where the car did fail the inspection in. I still have time until April 20 to get them sorted (but might end up getting a new car, but that's unrelated
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Now the rear suspension I'm not surprised about, since they are still the original 2008 parts, and fairly easy to replace. But the emissions would be quite expensive to fix for real. It would need a new catalytic converter (400 EUR), new lambdas (100 EUR total) and quite possibly a new exhaust pipe too (about 200 EUR). And to replace the catalytic converter, I would also have to finally do the removal of the studs from the engine block, which could be quite a PITA
Doing that stuff at a garage would probably come to about 800 - 900 EUR total, which is probably more than what the car is worth :yum:
The front suspension test result was 61 % left, 49 % right (off balance by 20 %), which I assume means that the left side absorbed quite a bit more kinetic energy (61 % of the energy the test device puts out) than the right side during the test.
And it has quite literally entirely renewed front struts: everything, including the nuts and bolts, are brand new OE parts.
Could it mean that the right side shock absorber is bad? As mentioned, it didn't fail on that, but the values sound really low, and the balance is off quite a bit?
Also, if you're curious, these are where the car did fail the inspection in. I still have time until April 20 to get them sorted (but might end up getting a new car, but that's unrelated
- Rear suspension: 45 % left, 20 % right (off balance by 56 %)
- Emissions: CO % at high RPM too high: 0,26 (max: 0,2)
Now the rear suspension I'm not surprised about, since they are still the original 2008 parts, and fairly easy to replace. But the emissions would be quite expensive to fix for real. It would need a new catalytic converter (400 EUR), new lambdas (100 EUR total) and quite possibly a new exhaust pipe too (about 200 EUR). And to replace the catalytic converter, I would also have to finally do the removal of the studs from the engine block, which could be quite a PITA