What 'rest'? It was all 100% true!Thanks for answering the question but do you really need to add the rest?
You can read it in the regulations here: VOSA
MOTs are changing from January 2012 - some of these will catch a lot of people out
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You can read it in the regulations here: VOSA
Soldato
Rule 7.1 on Method of Inspection, "On vehicles that qualify for a full cat emissions test, check the presence of the catalytic converter"
My 306 has a Particle Filter, Not a Cat. Infact it now has nothing.. as I cut it out and replaced it with a straight pipe.
I have no Garage special
So does it pass or fail? Apparantly Diesels don't have Full Cat Emissions Tests.
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Rule 7.1 on Method of Inspection, "On vehicles that qualify for a full cat emissions test, check the presence of the catalytic converter"
My 306 has a Particle Filter, Not a Cat. Infact it now has nothing.. as I cut it out and replaced it with a straight pipe.
I have no Garage special
So does it pass or fail? Apparantly Diesels don't have Full Cat Emissions Tests.
for a start, if you never had a cat you don't have a decat.
If you did have a cat:
The reason for rejection is very clear, the method of inspection if carried out to the letter will miss the decat.
[TW]Fox;20618849 said:
I count 2 out of 4 (not 3) contained mistakes, which is a pretty good hit rate in the ashes. Stop being an arse.
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If you did have a cat:
The reason for rejection is very clear, the method of inspection if carried out to the letter will miss the decat.
It's also very clear under which circumstances a check for the presence of a cat should take place:
If the vehicle doesnt qualify for a full cat emissions test there is no check for the presence of said cat.
Only if you stop making things up and posting them on the internet where people might beleive you and go off thinking the wrong thing?
Soldato
Beat me to it! I'll more than likely have a word with the MOT tester before I drop the car off. They're friendly enough round here in the Countryside.
I'll more than likely have a word with the MOT tester before I drop the car off. They're friendly enough round here in the Countryside.
Soldato
My 1995 Eunos (Import) was put through a non-cat test despite having one fitted, so I assume this will still apply and I can de-cat away? I'll be making it swappable anyway.
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Oh what fun, more customers moaning about things THEY think shouldn't fail.
Don't worry, if they disagree with you, you can just show them the test manual - it's pretty clear and there in black and white.
Soldato
Aww, I was hoping all HIDs required washers and levellers so we could get rid of the chavs that drive round with their horrendous beam pattern blinding and dazzling everybody
Cos that will fix the fact the're not in projector units?
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Cos that will fix the fact the're not in projector units?
If their taken off the road due to the washer/leveller thing then it probably would.
Which they won't be.
Soldato
[TW]Fox;20618909 said:
Correct and there are plenty of UK spec cars that came with cats as standard but do not qualify for a cat test, I can think of one that was sold as late as 1994 and takes a non-cat test.
And yeah, when I decatted mine, I had an additional silencer put in it's place, so there is a huge round can in the middle of the exhaust about where the cat should be. Not that it matters as my car goes for a non-cat test, but it's unlikely you could tell.