Does A Blowing Exhaust Fail MOT And Why?

If it's a "significantly large" hole it will fail, otherwise it won't/shouldn't. It's to do with gases going up into the car as much as anything.

Chance of fumes in the car and emission failure

Wiggy ( snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Yes.

No, it's because if it's blowing it's either not fitted correctly or it's falling apart.

Yes it will fail. THe only place exhaust gases are allowed to come out=20 is the end of the tailpipe.

It hasn't to do with the noise. The tester will block off the end of=20 the tailpipe and hear the hiss.

--=20 Conor

I'm really a nice guy. If I had friends, they would tell you.

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That's not strictly true. Some exhausts have small holes drilled in them to allow condensation to drain. Exhaust comes out of these and that's OK.

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2a. A major leak of exhaust gases from any part of the system

Note: A minor exhaust leak from, for example, a connection joint or a pin hole, is not a Reason for Rejection

Are you allowed to put aluminium tape over a hole? Mine has a small hole, it makes a nice noise I like my hole. But MOT next month. :(

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Note: A durable repair to an exhaust system which effectively prevents leaks is acceptable providing the system is structurally sound

Seriously, chaps, why not add

to your favouritesand stop asking questions you could answer in a few moments from thewebsite?

Guy King ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Number of times I've pasted that URL in here...

and if your that bored you can also view on-line all the special notices we get sent.

So who's volunteering to assemble an FAQ for this NG?

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Fuck but it's rivetting!

Chris Bolus ( snipped-for-privacy@RILEYELFb0lus.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

I think you just did.

Has anybody EVER read a NG FAQ?

Guy King ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Sad but true.

Bookmarked.

uk.d-i-y is very good.

I'm tempted but it wouldn't be a one man job. I'd need the 'experts' to write their bits up once and for all.... I'd just dump it on a website somewhere.

Hah! No.

uk.music.guitar used to have a very good one until its maintainer retired.

Here too..

Mike P

Thats nice for you, but to the untrained eye it becames clearer if one asks.

Fluke