Took the Volvo for an MOT today
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For those who have not come across it, here is the wagon in question:
And no it did not pass. What do you think it failed on?
Various assorted odds and ends
Tiny bits
Big bits
Welding
Mechanical wear
Emissions
.....?
And no it did not pass. What do you think it failed on?
Various assorted odds and ends
Tiny bits
Big bits
Welding
Mechanical wear
Emissions
.....?
Well some of you are very very close indeed!
Here we go:
Not bad for a 17 year old car which as far as I know has not been properly serviced in around 10 years, has not been washed in 3 (except once by me!)
In the last 6 months I have replaced the track rod ends (£8) because the thread was knackered on one and the brake pads (£15 for Mintex fast road pads) That's it. The previous owner changed one tyre and the starter motor in the time he had it.
Bangernomics for the win! The only bugger is it uses so much damn fuel.
Here we go:
Not bad for a 17 year old car which as far as I know has not been properly serviced in around 10 years, has not been washed in 3 (except once by me!)
In the last 6 months I have replaced the track rod ends (£8) because the thread was knackered on one and the brake pads (£15 for Mintex fast road pads) That's it. The previous owner changed one tyre and the starter motor in the time he had it.
Bangernomics for the win! The only bugger is it uses so much damn fuel.
Well, until Monday I wasn't planning to retest it, I was going to scrap it. Then the 205 suddenly developed this misfire and it dawned on me I need a car RIGHT NOW or I'm on foot.
So I changed the faulty sidelight bulb and the faulty taillight bulb, gave it the once over as best I could in the dark outside the house - the back end is so dirty I never even thought about the number plate lights.
I had a squizz at the tyre and decided it was touch and go and chanced it, and it didn't get through
It's staying. No point binning what is essentially a sound car!
Old volvo's rock
Advisory on the last one was slight leak in the steering rack. Been like it for a while mind.
My emissions reading was also 0.01%
CO:0.058%
HC:55ppm
Bonzer
Nah, the rolling burnout I did outside the testing station to warm up the cat is what did it.
Here is the tyre that failed:
Not great I admit
but it's hardly a slick! I was more interested in if it would fail for the cracking round the tread blocks, that tyre has probably on the car since it rolled out of Sweden.
Bulbs are now done too, retest is on Saturday morning
Here is the tyre that failed:
Not great I admit
but it's hardly a slick! I was more interested in if it would fail for the cracking round the tread blocks, that tyre has probably on the car since it rolled out of Sweden.Bulbs are now done too, retest is on Saturday morning
The Volvo is legal again!
Interesting conversation with the MOT bloke. He went through the advisories with me, and said that as he could see I was a keen DIY mechanic he thought I'd rather know than get 2 months down the road and start spotting faults I didn't know were there.
He also said that the MOT guidelines are getting more and more slack, and certain points are very difficult to actually fail on.
His last comment was - don't bother getting a "pre mot" and don't bother doing any remedial work before the test.
Bring it in, test it, then you KNOW what needs doing and can change the bits that need work, instead of guessing and pre-empting work that might need doing.
He tested a van the other day, the owner had come in proudly declaring that he'd fitted 4 new tyres and changed all the blown bulbs. Which was great but didn't really help the fact that every brake line was rotten through, it failed the emissions test by some margin, and the rear chassis legs were so badly corroded you could push through them with your fingers, and the inner sills had gone too. One scrap van with £200 worth of new rubber on it "to get it through the test"
So ner Fox
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