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anthony aston Posted on Mar 28, 2012

Garage says my w reg golf gti is running rich,they say its because i only have 1 lambda sensor on,should my car have 2 on

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Didnt know that the earlier golfs had two lambda sensors,but that said,if there are supposed to be two,then there will be one before the catalytic convertor (pre-cat)and then one after,if the car has had the exhaust changed by a previous owner,then this maybe the issue,you need to get it checked out because this is an MOT faliure item,i.e emissions too high/hydrocarbons too high.seems the cheapest way to solve this is by fitting the correct exhaust unfortunately.hope this helps

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I have a Peugeot 206 GTI and it has a engine that is running rich. How do I sort it out?

Has it been serviced recently if not I would suggest this first.
Also if its running too rich, could be the EGO (lambda) sensor, although I would have thought running a diagnostic would flag this if it was.
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2004 2.0 lt. running very rich

on CO cars, it's below the ECU/PCM
but if you have lambda's, then its not a CO car.
CO cars are missing 02 sensors.
and you said, Sensors, as Plural. got 2?
you failed to post where car is and where it was sold new.
Or VIN.
Engine controls vary by country.
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and if motor is rich , that can be for 2 reasons.
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removing the fuses may cause more problems because you have no idea what the problem is and will never have any idea until the codes are read
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Wouldn't your repair guy be able to solve all your issues,
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