G.Man
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| posted on 23/3/06 at 06:11 PM |
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well, I was told when my car passed its sva that it would never need to pass that stringent an emissions test ever again as it would be subject to an
age realated emissions test...
In my case 1990.. no cat...
If that is wrong info, and they are going to retrospectively change the emissions requirements, then surely someone would have said this on a kit car
website by now????
Not that I care anyway, my car is in cyprus now, wont need an MOT for 4 years, and then will be subject to 1990 requirements as shown in my log
book
Opinions are like backsides..
Everyone has one, nobody wants to hear it and only other peoples stink!
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Hellfire
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| posted on 23/3/06 at 06:46 PM |
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Here's the requirements for MOT.
A - If your car has an AGE-RELATED plate he’ll assume that the engine is the same age as the plate and do the test accordingly. However, if your
age-related plate refers to pre-Aug 1998 (‘S’ Prefix) you will continue to get the visible smoke test for the life of the vehicle REGARDLESS of the
age of the engine. Remember though that this does NOT include PERSONALISED plates as in this case the vehicle will continue to be tested according to
its age and NOT the vehicle registration number.
B - If your vehicle has a CURRENT/NEW plate or one that is after 1st August 1998, you will get a ‘basic’ emissions test, which is a basic check
conducted to set limits carried out BEFORE the ‘CAT’ test. If you pass…..GREAT. If you fail though you’ll be subject to a full ‘by-the-book’ CAT test,
plus remember that if you fail this you’ll also fail the MOT. Of course there are plenty of CURRENT/NEW registered kits running around with
reconditioned engines so in this instance you will have to prove the age of the engine to the MOT tester. Ideally you should have a copy of your SVA
MAC ‘pass’ certificate, which will be sufficient. Otherwise you will have to get a letter from the engines manufacturer stating clearly what year the
engine was made.
C - Cars with a ‘Q’ plate are regarded as being of uncertain age so therefore will continue to be subject to the visible smoke test.
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Avoneer
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| posted on 23/3/06 at 07:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cossey
with the new computer mot you will have to pass what ever you did at sva time so cat test at sva means cat test at mot. this is regardless of number
plate.
Nope, nope and nope.
This was my inital thoughts, but after much research, a Q plate is only and will always be a visual smoke test at MOT and supercedes anything written
on any bits of paper or computer system.
Got print of the bit from the new MOT regulations somewhere.
Pat...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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cossey
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| posted on 23/3/06 at 09:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Here's the requirements for MOT.
A - If your car has an AGE-RELATED plate he’ll assume that the engine is the same age as the plate and do the test accordingly. However, if your
age-related plate refers to pre-Aug 1998 (‘S’ Prefix) you will continue to get the visible smoke test for the life of the vehicle REGARDLESS of the
age of the engine. Remember though that this does NOT include PERSONALISED plates as in this case the vehicle will continue to be tested according to
its age and NOT the vehicle registration number.
B - If your vehicle has a CURRENT/NEW plate or one that is after 1st August 1998, you will get a ‘basic’ emissions test, which is a basic check
conducted to set limits carried out BEFORE the ‘CAT’ test. If you pass…..GREAT. If you fail though you’ll be subject to a full ‘by-the-book’ CAT test,
plus remember that if you fail this you’ll also fail the MOT. Of course there are plenty of CURRENT/NEW registered kits running around with
reconditioned engines so in this instance you will have to prove the age of the engine to the MOT tester. Ideally you should have a copy of your SVA
MAC ‘pass’ certificate, which will be sufficient. Otherwise you will have to get a letter from the engines manufacturer stating clearly what year the
engine was made.
C - Cars with a ‘Q’ plate are regarded as being of uncertain age so therefore will continue to be subject to the visible smoke test.
so new plate means non cat test at mot even with a new engine ie 3.5%co and 1200ppm hc and if you fail that you have to do the cat test ie 0.3%co
200ppmhc and 0.97-1.03 lambda.
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G.Man
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| posted on 23/3/06 at 11:12 PM |
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Thanks hellfire, that was my understanding
Opinions are like backsides..
Everyone has one, nobody wants to hear it and only other peoples stink!
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