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[RattyMcClelland]

...............if your retarded or MOT for the jebs.

So Type S had its MOT today. I found a guy who would "put it through" kind of thing.

So DECATS & IMPORTS. Heres what he said.

Any car with a cat as standard NEEDS A CAT. DECAT=FAIL
Any car after 1995 has to have a CAT.
Any car before 1995 that doesnt have a CAT gets tested on a set amount of CO2. at 3.4% IIRC
Any car that isnt listed on the system for emissions gets put onto a test on a set amount of CO2 at 3.4% IIRC.

A BB6 chassis isnt on the system. I look at the system with the tester and only UK spec cars where on there like VTI, motegi, 2000 motegi or 4ws. So for me it needed a cat and at 3.4% to pass.

Mine had not decat so fail. But the MOT tester and i definately saw a cat under my car. It was cute and furry so pass.
BUT
My emissions were high. The car is running rich. Not massively rich but failed without the cat.
But there wasnt a ford focus in the garage and and my car didnt pass emissions via the fod focus.

Much rather the car run rich than lean.

Anyway only advisery was a N/S upper ball joint play.

[Merlin]

So it basically confirmed what we knew already.

Come next MOT time you'll be finding a road kill moggy and cable tying it under your car?

[RattyMcClelland]

So it basically confirmed what we knew already.

Come next MOT time you'll be finding a road kill moggy and cable tying it under your car?

Yer basically that thread we discussed the other week was correct.

[jjmartin349571]

It's the CO they test if you have a 'decat' test, anything under 3.5% is magic without a cat your CO2 emissions should be lower than stock anyway, as the cat converts CO into CO2. Ask for a tax rebate

Imo it's stupid measuring CO - on older cars it's commonplace to have CO adjustment on the carb or throttle body, so you just make it run lean for the MOT then set it back to a rich idle mixture immediately afterwards. This practice is incredibly commonplace on carby cars especially.

But I digress at any rate good job on the MOT mate