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oadamo

posted on 15/8/07 at 05:31 PM Reply With Quote
mot and exhaust

hi i want to run just the cat and no boxes on my audi 1.8t engine do you think it will pass the mot like this.
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DIY Si

posted on 15/8/07 at 05:37 PM Reply With Quote
It's quite likely to be a bit loud. Which can cause a fail. Otherwise, no real issue.





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SeaBass

posted on 15/8/07 at 06:06 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by DIY Si
It's quite likely to be a bit loud. Which can cause a fail. Otherwise, no real issue.


Since when can noise affect a car MOT?? Not to my knowledge. The test is simply for blowing on the exhaust IMHO.






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Ratters

posted on 15/8/07 at 06:13 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by SeaBass
quote:
Originally posted by DIY Si
It's quite likely to be a bit loud. Which can cause a fail. Otherwise, no real issue.


Since when can noise affect a car MOT?? Not to my knowledge. The test is simply for blowing on the exhaust IMHO.


I think it can be failed on noise but at the testers descretion if it is excessively noisy. I wouldn't imagine it would be a problem though.

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DIY Si

posted on 15/8/07 at 06:20 PM Reply With Quote
IIRC it can be a fail, but as said above, only at the testers discretion. So he may have a go at you, but not actually fail.





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rusty nuts

posted on 15/8/07 at 06:31 PM Reply With Quote
Car CAN fail if fitted with an exhaust that in the testers opinion is louder than normal.
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oadamo

posted on 15/8/07 at 07:17 PM Reply With Quote
ill have to slip the tester some cash then .
adam

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bigrich

posted on 15/8/07 at 09:04 PM Reply With Quote
section 7.1 of the testers manual


b. a silencer in such condition, or of such a type, that the noise emitted from the vehicle is clearly unreasonably above the level expected from a similar vehicle with a silencer in average condition.

adam try a fiver under the handbrake lever,saves the embarrasment of offering the cash LOL







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jollygreengiant

posted on 16/8/07 at 03:56 AM Reply With Quote
Didn't even get as far as offering a lost note once. Pulled up outside the testing station (which had all its doors shut), the tester came outside, looked at me & asked if I had brought it down for test. I said 'Yes', he replied FAIL and went back inside shutting the door as he went.





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DIY Si

posted on 16/8/07 at 06:28 AM Reply With Quote
What had you done to wee him off? Even complete sheds of mine have at least had a once over before failing!





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