Hi Guys and Guyesses;
My car was MOT'd today and passed... Yey!
But on the smoke test print-out it says, amongst other things
Engine Capacity 1500,
Where the actual engine capacity is 1700 or 1686 to be exact....
The limit applied was 1.50 ppm
and it passed with 0.70 ppm
Now then does the engine capacity affect the pass limits?
Does the incorrect data ( the VIN No is correct) invalidate the pass?
Should I bother going back?
TIA
tom burton
I don't think you actually need to show the emission test e.g. to get tax disc. It's just for diagnostic interest if some numbers are marginal.
Tom Burton ( snipped-for-privacy@nospam.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Diesel or petrol?
No.
No. What's the V5 say for the engine capacity? Has it ever had an engine swap from a 1500 to a 1700 and somebody's not changed the paperwork?
Diesel
Nope, just the tester's error....
Me thinks I'll leave it.... It's only the print out from the smoke meter anyway..
Cheers Peoples!
Tom
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good move as us MOT testers have enough to be getting on with. :o)
It is not easy to distinguish between the 1700 & 1500 Isuzu engined Vauxhalls - unless you deal with them regularly.
The smoke test of 1.5 is the fast pass limit. If it does not exceed this on the first acceleration then it has passed.
If it fails the fast pass, then limits of 2.5 & 3.0 are applied (non turbo and turbo respectively).
It does not matter what your engine size is for the diesel smoke test.
Did you have a computerised MOT certificate or a hand written one?
If it was computerised, check the engine size on the certificate.
Visit the MOT Forum:
Take it straight back and complain that you want a failure certificate and a paid for retest, Best to be safe
errrrrr yeah right .
In news:dfl5l6$cuq$ snipped-for-privacy@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk, reg scribed for want of a better word:
Forgot the smiley :-) sorry lol
Regards Jimbo
Jim Donut ( snipped-for-privacy@withjam.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
I've x-posted this reply to uk.rec.cars.maintenance as well.
It almost certainly didn't. Brake pads worn to excess - less than 1.5mm - are a fail item, but on the vast majority of cars that can't be checked properly without dismantling, which the tester isn't permitted to do.
What's more likely is that it failed on insufficient performance or an imbalance side-to-side.
Oh, dear.
Sounds about right for Krap-Fit.
Krap-Fit. It's their entire business model.
Don't take the car back there. Take it to a proper garage. Can't/won't the MOT garage do the pads? Bear in mind that disks are a consumable item these days, so it's not inconceivable they'll want doing to. If the car's been maintained on the basis of "It's failed the MOT, so I'll do that" for a number of years the fluid will certainly want changing, and the rear cylinders may need doing. The rear shoes may also be about due.
But I wouldn't even trust Krap-Fit to change a flat tyre. No WAY would I let them near brakes.
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