MOT time...

[ian65]

1st gens being mot'd are subject to a visual check for smoke only.... some mot testers who are unused to testing 1st gens, may try to fail your car on emissions... they shouldn't be testing the emissions.
Here's the page from the mot manual...



check out the box in bold text at the bottom right...

it can be downloaded from here.... probably worth printing off and sticking in your glovebox before the test.

http://www.motuk.co.uk/images/non_cat.pdf

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[Johnnyboy]

Brilliant.

Thanks Ian.

[syebba]

This is so useful,i've printed it off to!
ta stu..

[Lucky]

Just wanted to say thanks again to Ian and this excellent forum. Just had the MOT on the FB and took the page from the MOT manula along. The tester's an old mate anyway, but he freely admitted he had no idea this clause was in there. He showed me the on-line PDF of the manula all the MOT stations get sent, and that section 7.3 is about ten pages of text. The flow chart above doesn't even fit on one page, you have to scroll around it on the screen, and the little box-out clause about rotaries doesn't appear on the page, you have to actually look for it! No wonder so many MOT emissions tests are being done wrongly on FBs.

In fact, the last test that my FB had was done (wrongly) under the "pre-1986" clause of the flowchart, and we put the probe on it today just out of scientific curiosity. It passed anyway; 2.73% CO out of 4.5% and 335ppm of hydrocarbobdoodads out of 1200 unfcknblvbl

[TOOL]

Just wanted to say thanks again to Ian and this excellent forum. Just had the MOT on the FB and took the page from the MOT manula along. The tester's an old mate anyway, but he freely admitted he had no idea this clause was in there. He showed me the on-line PDF of the manula all the MOT stations get sent, and that section 7.3 is about ten pages of text. The flow chart above doesn't even fit on one page, you have to scroll around it on the screen, and the little box-out clause about rotaries doesn't appear on the page, you have to actually look for it! No wonder so many MOT emissions tests are being done wrongly on FBs.

In fact, the last test that my FB had was done (wrongly) under the "pre-1986" clause of the flowchart, and we put the probe on it today just out of scientific curiosity. It passed anyway; 2.73% CO out of 4.5% and 335ppm of hydrocarbobdoodads out of 1200 unfcknblvbl

Yeah it's the HC reading that's the killer for me on the IDA.

[MelloYello]

Any one got a decent copy of this document. Taking the 7 to a new tester, and am going through the same arguments - "its running too rich, it wont pass emissions"....

The link above no working.

[KiwiDave]

Check your email dude.

[Johnnyboy]

I will need a copy as well soon - could you post one please?

[ian65]

I will need a copy as well soon - could you post one please?

Bloody hell Hello John, how are you mate? Long time no see.

[MelloYello]

Check your email dude.

Cheers Dave