Chesterfield College is leading the way in an innovative new carbon-testing event as part of a national CO2 emissions awareness campaign.

ASNU, an organisation that campaigns for the compulsory maintenance and cleaning of car injectors in the war against CO2 emissions, worked with the College’s automotive students to measure the before and after effects of injector maintenance using an innovative new diagnostic device.


Peter Durkin with student

Cleaning injectors is not a current requirement of car maintenance, but the results of these tests, which will be included in the government’s CO2 statistics, will reinforce the need for routine injector maintenance.

Roger Friend, Technical Sales Director of ASNU said, “The students are really engaged in this and it’s great to see them so enthusiastic about reducing the emissions in the environment. Its great that we can include the students in this data recording that we are putting together for the government.”

Automotive diagnostic equipment specialists, Hickleys, supplied the CO2 diagnostic equipment used in the tests, and they regularly supply the College with state-of-the-art machinery to enable students to learn using industry standard equipment.

Peter Durkin, Technical Sales and Support Manager for Hickleys, added,
“Having worked with the college for many years, I was happy to come back to help the students and get involved in this event.”