What am I looking at here? Get a cat 2nd hand? Wonder how it passed its MOT last year before it came into my hands ...MOT fail. no CAT!
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MOT fail. no CAT!
No advisories whatsoever but the car failed its MOT as it seems is has no CAT and failed on emmisions. What am I looking at here? Get a cat 2nd hand? Wonder how it passed its MOT last year before it came into my hands ...
What am I looking at here? Get a cat 2nd hand? Wonder how it passed its MOT last year before it came into my hands ...-
Peter Gidden
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Re: MOT fail. no CAT!
If car is a UK car and was first registered after August 1992 it needs to pass a CAT test.
So you need to find a cat.
As to what happened last year? Either it had a cat fitted on the day or a bent test.
So you need to find a cat.
As to what happened last year?
Either it had a cat fitted on the day or a bent test.Re: MOT fail. no CAT!
Yeah I figured as much Peter. If I can find a cat am I going to have any compatibility problems with my mongoose exhaust?
If I can find a cat am I going to have any compatibility problems with my mongoose exhaust?-
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GHOST wrote:Yeah I figured as much Peter.
Mongoose exhausts are usually cat-back systems.
I suspect it has a cat replacement pipe fittied which should unbolt easily.Here you go:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Replacement-P ... 3816wt_970
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Cheers Peter. Are they pretty much universal? Will that one in particular Dedinately fit my car? They're £200 quid from Ben MR2
Are they pretty much universal? Will that one in particular Dedinately fit my car? They're £200 quid from Ben MR2-
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GHOST wrote:Cheers Peter.
It says it'll fit.
Can't see it not working.Re: MOT fail. no CAT!
take it to the garage that passed it last time
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Re: MOT fail. no CAT!
rgb wrote:take it to the garage that passed it last time
They might have
(hopefully) got rid of the bent MOT tester.Another test will cost almost as much as a cat, and he'll still have an illegal car.
Re: MOT fail. no CAT!
rgb wrote:take it to the garage that passed it last time
No
- fix the car, don't get a dodgy test!Besides, you don't know if the car had a cat on for last year's test or not.
It could have been fitted for a day to pass the MOT and then removed again.Re: MOT fail. no CAT!
I talked to guy who sold it to me and he said it 'just' passed last year without the cat. I've sorted a 2nd hand one out from Chris here so I should get it next week and get it through its mot.
The cars cost me a bomb this last month but its a good one and worth keeping up to scratch and totally legal in my mind.
'just' passed last year without the cat. I've sorted a 2nd hand one out from Chris here so I should get it next week and get it through its mot.The cars cost me a bomb this last month but its a good one and worth keeping up to scratch and totally legal in my mind.
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GHOST wrote:I talked to guy who sold it to me and he said it
Utter BS!
Its been at least two years since the MOT rules were tightened so that a decat is an instant fail on any car that requires a cat test.
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Sounds about right. So how come decays are still legal and sold if they'll instantly fail an mot? Pre 93 cars?
So how come decays are still legal and sold if they'll instantly fail an mot? Pre 93 cars?Re: MOT fail. no CAT!
GHOST wrote:Sounds about right.
They're legal on some cars, such as mine.
And there are people who get dodgy MOTs. And there are even some who are so determined to run a decat that they swap them on and off for MOTs. Oh, and race cars...-
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Re: MOT fail. no CAT!
Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:If car is a UK car and was first registered after August 1992 it needs to pass a CAT test.
So you need to find a cat.
As to what happened last year?
Does this apply to a 1998 UK car fitted with a 94 engine?
Previously as my car was a uk converted to a turbo, it was tested to whichever was earlier, the car or the engine.
In my case the 1994 engine .Have the rules now changed for uk converted mr2's
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You'll be exempt from the cat test julian if you can prove the transplant and your tester knows how to do his job
chris
chris
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I had the same problem with mine. I managed to by one off eBay for £65 and just chucked this in where the decat was and it went through fine. I've done the same 3 years running but just left it on now till I get my turbo engine fitted
I managed to by one off eBay for £65 and just chucked this in where the decat was and it went through fine. I've done the same 3 years running but just left it on now till I get my turbo engine fittedRe: MOT fail. no CAT!
juliankv73 wrote:Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:If car is a UK car and was first registered after August 1992 it needs to pass a CAT test.
So you need to find a cat.
As to what happened last year?
Does this apply to a 1998 UK car fitted with a 94 engine?
Previously as my car was a uk converted to a turbo, it was tested to whichever was earlier, the car or the engine.
Have the rules now changed for uk converted mr2's
Test is done on the engine year, not the car.
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Is there a specific date in august?
Mine was first registered 05/08/1992, will i need a CAT for MOT? I'm assuming its a legislation that was brought in on 1/8/92 but worth checking if anyone knows.
Mine was first registered 05/08/1992, will i need a CAT for MOT? I'm assuming its a legislation that was brought in on 1/8/92 but worth checking if anyone knows.
